Join us for an artist talk with Kayla Hamilton, presented by the University of Iowa Obermann Center for Advanced Studies and Department of Dance.
[Image Description: This is a headshot of Kayla Hamilton, who is a dark brown-skinned Black woman. She is posing in front of a blurred brick wall. She is wearing a long sleeve black & white striped shirt. She has light makeup and her gaze is towards us. Her black & golden highlighted dreads are down.] Photo by Travis Magee
[Image Description: This is a black & white dance image of Kayla Hamilton, who is a dark brown-skinned Black woman. She is throwing her head back as her dreads flow with her as she pushes her arms outward. Her legs are wide and slightly bent. She is wearing jeans and a knee length cardigan that wraps around her thighs. Behind her are storefronts and cars parked on the street.] Photo by: Travis Magee
BIO
Kayla Hamilton is a Texas born, Bronx based performance maker, dancer, educator, cultural consultant, and the artistic director of K. Hamilton Projects.
Kayla is a 2023-2025 Jerome Hill Artist Fellow. Her past performance work has been presented at the Whitney Museum, Gibney, Performance Space New York, New York Live Arts, Abrons Arts Center, and the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD).
Kayla has developed ‘Crip Movement Lab’- a pedagogical framework centering cross-Disability accessible movement practices that are open to every-body. She has taught dance at Sarah Lawrence College, Amherst College, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Utah, and Texas Improv Festival.
As a consultant, Kayla has developed and implemented access strategies for the Mellon Foundation, ArtSpeak, Dance USA, Movement Research and The Shed.
As a dancer, Kayla was part of the Bessie award winning Skeleton Architecture, she has also danced for Maria Bauman, Sydnie L. Mosley and Gesel Mason.
Kayla is currently in the process of creating a future organization centering the work of BIPOC Disabled creatives, while co-leading the 10th anniversary season of Angela’s Pulse/Dancing While Black, and developing a new evening length performance set to premier in NY in 2024 (TBA).