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About: Please tell us about your self. Some of our programs have benefits for art workers - please tell us if you are an artist and mention the most recent work/venue/space/residency where you have worked/developed your practice.: Amiti Perry, a native Texan, received her BA in Dance from the University of North Texas and MFA in Choreography from The Ohio State University. She is founder and director of æmp:dance/amiti perry + company, which has been presented at Bridge for Dance Uptown Performance Series, DUMBO Dance Festival, COOL-NYC and multiple 60x60 Dance events. The company was commissioned for new work that premiered at the Women in Motion’s Estrogenius Festival (October 2010). Currently they are creating work for a premiere at Greenspace (June 2011) and for a company season event in Fall 2011.
Beyond æmp:dance, Amiti has produced, choreographed and performed original works consistently since 1998; co-founded DIPdance with collaborator Coco Loupe in 2001; presented and performed works in New York, Texas, Louisiana and Ohio; performed as a guest artist with Rachel Lampert and Dancers (Ithaca, NY, 1999); and performed, taught, assisted and designed, nationally and internationally, with Skip Costa/COREmovement Project-NYC (1999-2003). At OSU, she performes works by Bebe Miller, Blake Beckham, Michael Estanich and more. Since 2006, Amiti has also performed with ellen stokes shadle/DANCEWORKS and seenperformance.