Associate Professor of Dance
Andrea Knowlton is an Associate Professor of Dance at ÈâÈ⴫ý, where she teaches Dance Technique, Dance Filmmaking, Improvisation, Dance Pedagogy, and mentors undegraduate research. She is a choreographer, filmmaker and educator. She is the recipient of the College of the Arts' Early Career Faculty Award (2023). She has presented her artistic work in New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta, GA. She creates and screens films nationally and internationally, at top tier festivals including Dance Camera West, Screen Dance International, and Frame Rush @ The Place London.
As an educator, she has taught at California Institute of the Arts, California State
University Long Beach, and Pasadena City College. She regularly presents research
on her areas of focus, including Dance & Artificial Intelligence, and Dance Filmmaking.
She is the Principal Investigator and recipient of a National Science Foundation Award
which supports collaborative research exploring relationships between improvisational
dance and artificial intelligence towards the creation of an interactive dance avatar.
She has published in several Human Computer Interaction journals as a dance specialist.
She holds a BFA in Dance/Choreography from Marymount Manhattan College in NYC and
an MFA in Choreography/Integrated Media from California Institute of the Arts.
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