Festival Sessions:
In-Person MOVE Session on May 20
Maggie Waller
Maggie Waller is a dancer, choreographer, and teaching artist born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. Heavily involved in the local hip hop community, she pulls from various dance forms, such as Waacking, House, Locking, Breaking, Hip Hop, Postmodern Contemporary, and Tap in her performance work, choreography, and freestyle/battle practice.
She is a graduate of Arizona State University, obtaining a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance, a Minor in Justice Studies, and two Certificates in Arts Entrepreneurship and Socially-Engaged Practice in Design and the Arts.
Maggie is interested in the intersection between arts and activism and in the power of dance to heal, empower, and connect individuals and communities. She recently premiered her first self-produced work, "Reclamation", an evening-length community jam and production. This work explored why women apologize, the ways in which this apology affects how women treat, view, and navigate their bodies in space, and how dance can be the mechanism by which women individually and collectively find joy, power, and liberation.
Maggie is a Fulbright Summer Institute Participant, a recipient of the Joan Frazer Memorial Award for Judaism and the Arts, and a published writer in the National Dance Education Organization’s Journal of Dance Education in Practice. She is a current company member with Rennie Harris Puremovement, a professional street dance theater company.
Maggie currently lives in Washington, D.C., writing, teaching, and making. She is beyond grateful to step into the role of Programs Coordinator with DX and continue a legacy of community-centered dancemaking in her new home.
