Faculty

Aimee Rials is a choreographer, a performer, and an educator.  As a choreographer, her work blends emotional and physical concepts into movement.  It is a visceral exploration, organically derived and inspired by her dancers. Her choreography delves into the dynamics of relationships, her personal history and a variety of themes involving identity. 

Aimee received her Masters of Fine Arts in dance from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Her choreographic work has been performed at Washington University’s Edison Theater, 92Y’s Harkness Dance Center, Symphony Space, Dixon Place, Triskelion Arts, Merce Cunningham Studio, DUMBO Dance Festival, Cool New York Dance Festival, Ithaca College, Huntingdon College, and the Depot Theater. She has been an Artist-in-Residence at the University of Buffalo, Huntingdon College, youarehere dance company in St. Louis, and We Are Artists in Virginia. As a performer, Aimee has worked with Trebien Pollard’s Residue Dance Theater, Lauren Hale Dance and Beliz Demircioglu while in residency at the Baryshnikov Arts Center.