Keith A. Thompson
Artistic Director
Keith A. Thompson is a multifaceted contemporary dance artist currently serving as Assistant Director of Dance and Associate Professor within the School for Music, Dance, and Theatre at Arizona State University, as well as their Center for The Study of Race and Democracy´s inaugural faculty fellow. He danced internationally for the Trisha Brown Dance Company (1992-2001), including serving as her Rehearsal Assistant (1998-2001); has performed with Bebe Miller Company; and is frequent performer, co-choreographer, and rehearsal director with Liz Lerman. As a teacher, he has taught master classes and workshops widely throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia, as well as served on the faculty at the Florida Dance Festival & the American Dance Festival. Since 2006, he has served as Artistic Director of danceTactics performance group, where his choreography has been featured in New York at Dance Theater Workshop´s Guest Artist Series, Dixon Place, Dance New Amsterdam, and the Dance Now Festival, as well as Harvard University, the University of Maryland College Park, the Dance Boom Festival (PA), the Jersey Moves Festival (NJ), the Aging in America Conference (CA), the Montpelier International Dance Festival (France), the Edinburgh Festival (UK), Theater X (Japan) and the Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Conference. Keith received his MFA Research Fellowship in Dance from Bennington College (Vermont) in 2003.
Brendan Mccall
company manager
Brendan McCall has worked in over 40 countries on 5 continents as a performer, choreographer, director, and producer, and has had the pleasure of working with Paul Langland, Lars Øyno, Alexandra Beller, Moisés Kaufman, Maureen Fleming, David Gordon, Stephen Petronio, among others. He performed in and co-produced Brain to Brain (2019), the final work created by his mentor Mary Overlie; performed in the Ibsen Award-winning production of Svanhild in Norway, Russia, and Japan (2015-17); and a number of his choreographies were presented by Danspace Project between 1995-2008. He was the Manager of the Cummins Theatre in Australia (2012-14), served as Producer & Director for Grusomhetens Teater (2014-17), and was Production Manager for Tulsa Ballet (2019). He first collaborated with Keith Thompson on Human Behaviors (Danspace Project) in 2001, and has been a member of danceTactics since 2015. Since first performing at La MaMa in Sin Cha Hong´s Pluto (1994)), Brendan has subsequently produced world- and US-premiere productions by Grusomhetens Teater, Kari Hoaas, and Nela Kornetová, as well as worked with Pavel Zustiak/Palissimo. As a teacher, he has taught at the Yale School of Drama, the New School for Drama, the Actors Studio, New York University, Pace University, Bilkent University (Turkey), Ballettakademien and the University of Dance (Sweden), and The International Theater Academy Norway, where he also served as Dean from 2008-10. He teaches regularly at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, as well as master classes at Terry Knickerbocker Studio and elsewhere. He has written numerous articles and award-winning pieces related to performance since 1997, which have been translated into French,Norwegian, Russian, and Belarusian, and is a staff writer for thINKingDANCE and a contributing writer to Culturebot. He is a designated instructor of Allan Wayne Work, the Jean Hamilton Floor Barre, and Mary Overlie´s Six Viewpoints; co-founder of Interzone Films, an independent production company, with Akira Veintidos; and has published award-winning fiction under a pseudonym. BFA with Honors in Acting, New York University. MFA in Dance, Bennington College. MPhil in Ibsen Studies (ABT), University of Oslo.
kristopher mcdowell
consultant/booking manager
Kristopher McDowell is the Founder, and served as CEO for KMP Artists for 13 years in the United States and is responsible for the company’s expansion into Asia Pacific. He has produced over 1,300 performances in North America and toured major companies between 17 countries in the Americas, Asia and the Middle East. McDowell is Co-Founder of Rhizome Arts Consulting and the Artist Connectivity Collective. He now serves as a consultant for former KMP clients: West Australian Ballet; Mummenschanz Foundation; Cleo Parker Robinson Dance; Helen Pickett; and Bonifacio Art Foundation, Inc. An arts industry leader and global entrepreneur, McDowell began working as an actor and dancer when he was seven, and by his late twenties moved into various aspects of performing arts management and production. Today, he works to deepen relationships with artists and presenting institutions, seeking opportunities for international cultural exchange and maximum community impact.
sarah white
communications manager
Sarah White is a freelance Social Media Manager and Marketing Director based in Washington, DC. She has a Bachelors of Marketing degree from University of North Florida. She has spent years building her own marketing agency and her interest in the arts lead her to danceTactics. Aside from work, Sarah loves eating out around D.C. and exploring the city with her friends and family!