Education & Professional History
Alanna Morris is a Dancer-Choreographer, Educator, Artist Organizer, and Curator. Morris was a celebrated dancer with TU Dance (St Paul, Minnesota) under artistic directors Toni Pierce-Sands and Uri Sands from 2007-2017. In 2020 they served as the company’s Artistic Associate and is a founding Teaching Artist at The School at TU Dance Center. In 2018 they were named Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch!” In 2019, Minneapolis’ City Pages’ Artist of the Year and Best Choreographer for her solo, “Yam, Potatoe an Fish!” Alanna has received fellowships from the McKnight Foundation for dance (2015) and choreography (2021). She is a 2022 Springboard Danse Montreal fellow. Alanna is the Artistic Director of I A.M. Arts, founded in 2017 to produce collaborative solo dance works and global commissions that uplift and inspire our humanity; educational programs that utilize the creative arts as a tool for self- development; and community-building initiatives that assist mid-career women Creatives with spiritual, professional and economic resources to thrive. Alanna is currently developing a thesis around the divinity of black-ness, Black Light, being researched in phases over multiple years and collaborative solo performance. Its last presentation was co-presented by The Great Northern Festival, The Cowles Center for Dance, and Northrop February 2022 for in-person and livestream audiences. Alanna is currently touring Let The Crows Come with Ashwini Ramaswamy and Collaborators. She premieres a new collaborative work of dance and multimedia, Invisible Cities, directed by Ashwini Ramaswamy and co-presented by The Great Northern Festival, Northrop, and The Cowles Center for Dance in January 2023. She is a Visiting Professor of Dance at Carleton College and a graduate of The Juilliard School and LaGuardia High School for Music & Art and Performing Arts (NY).
At Carleton since 2024.
