Kathleen Dyer has choreographed extensively for the past fifteen years, including twenty-one works and four powerful evening-length
pieces for her company KDNY - Charges from Domremy, Ain't Never Silent, Sheridan in Limbo, and Navigating the Hallway.
Ms. Dyer's inspiring choreography spans a range of musical styles, dramatic themes, and movement vocabularies. She sculpts
dance passages that explore the passions of women while exemplifying their strong personalities and faithful ideals.
A true Southerner, Ms. Dyer began her dance career in Alabama
where she danced and choreographed for the Huntsville Community Ballet and the School for
the Performing Arts. She received a scholarship to attend Florida State University in
Tallahassee where she studied choreography and completed her Bachelors of Fine Arts in
Dance. A stunning perfomer, Kathleen danced as a member of the Nikolais/Louis Dance
Company while pursuing her own choreography. In New York City, Ms. Dyer worked closely
with many of the best modern dance companies in the world as the House Manager at The
Joyce Theater for seven years. She designs and constructs all costumes for her own works
and has also created costumes for many other New York choreographers and companies including
Nikolais/Louis, Shapiro and Smith, Molissa Fenley, Joy Kellman, Ben Munisteri, and Jeremy Nelson to name a few.
Ms. Dyer is dedicated to collaborations with live musicians and production artists to enhance the vivid and
universal quality of her work. Her commitment to building a support network for female choreographers inspired the
creation of the WIM Project, which includes a fiscal umbrella program, Women in Management and the Out-on-a-WIM touring
program. This unique approach to touring helps K D N Y reach a broader audience while fostering meaningful artistic
exchanges and ultimately conveying a better understanding of dance as an art form.
Ms. Dyer has received several artistic awards including, an Artist Fellowship from the Connecticut Commission of the
Arts to create a new work to be presented at The Quick Center for the Performing Arts at Fairfield University and the
Choreography Award for her work Escape in Blue #32 from the Panoply Festival of the Arts in Alabama.
Ms. Dyer has conducted community workshops to create several new pieces such as Flowers on the Table by the Open Window,
a dramatic work inspired by the women depicted in Vermeer’s paintings who appeared to be left waiting. She has
taught master classes and repertory workshops in Texas, Washington, DC, Virginia, and Connecticut and has conducted residencies at Dance Place which incorporated community dancers into KDNY performances. Ms. Dyer is interested in mounting her work on regional companies and has set repertory on Huntsville Ballet of Alabama, Bay High School of Panama City Beach, FL and Moving Current of Tampa, FL.
