1. ALLYSON YODER
community-centered dance artist, performer, & teacher
Phoenix/Tempe, AZ
allyson.joyy@gmail.com | ajymovement.com
PROFILE
I am an interdisciplinary, community-centered dance and performance artist, choreographer, and teaching artist.
My creative process is collaborative and research based, grounded by practices in movement and
improvisation, and driven by a desire for transformation. As a teaching artist, I typically work outside of
traditional studio contexts to engage with adults, dancers with disabilities, elders, families, and
community groups, offering dance experiences that are accessible, contextualized, and relevant.
EDUCATION
May 2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts—Dance. Certificate—Socially Engaged Practice
• Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
• BFA Honors Thesis Committee: Amira de la Garza (Chair), Angela Ellsworth,
Inertia DeWitt
• Distinctions: Graduated Summa Cum Laude with honors from Barrett, the
Honors College; Flinn Scholar, National Merit Scholar, Dean’s List (2013-
2016), Mouer Award
CREATIVE WORK
March 2016 “Dress in Something Plain and Dark“
Performer/Creator/Designer
• 30 minute solo performance exploring Mennonite religious and cultural
identity. Developed in collaboration with Carly Bates and Raji Ganesan.
• BFA Honors Thesis project
• NEGOTIATIONS : The Empty Space Theatre, Arizona State University.
Tempe, AZ.
February 2016 How does it feel to be back here again?
April 2016 Choreographer/Performer/Sound designer
• 8 minute solo performance exploring relationship to Mennonite church.
• Transition Project Presentation II: Margaret Gisolo Theatre, Arizona State
University. Tempe, AZ.
• Selected for Dance Annual- Inventions & Conventions: Galvin Playhouse,
Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ.
March 2016 NEGOTIATIONS
Co-producer/Performer
• 90 minute production of three 30 minute solo performances exploring
religion, race, immigration, and female identity. Produced, developed, &

2. performed in collaboration with Carly Bates & Raji Ganesan for BFA Honors
Thesis project
• The Empty Space Theatre, Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ.
March 2016 The Laundry Cycles
Designer/Performer
• Lobby installation and devised improvisational score for six performers. With
Lacee Garcia, Sydney Jackson, Rain Locker, Steven Redondo, and Jessica
Waitz.
• Undergraduate Projects Showing: Margaret Gisolo Lobby, Arizona State
University. Tempe, AZ.
December 2015 More Freedom in These Walls
Choreographer
• 8 minute group work for 8 dancers of mixed ages and physical and mental
abilities.
• Dance Mixability Spring Showcase: St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. Phoenix,
AZ.
November 2015 Unhampered: A work in three cycles
Designer/Performer
• Three-part devised score. With Lacee Garcia, Rain Locker, Sydney Jackson,
Steven Redondo, Brandon Trieu, and Jessica Waitz.
• [nueBOX] Experimental Art Night: Phoenix Center for the Arts. Phoenix, AZ.
April 2015 Welcome
Co-producer/choreographer
• 30 minute site-specific group work for 11 dancers, produced in collaboration
with Sydney Jackson and dancers.
• Galvin Plaza, Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ.
July 2014 anything. We don’t know.
Choreographer
• 3 minute group work for five dancers. Music: The Books.
• Bates Dance Festival Young Choreographers/New Works Showcase:
Lewiston, ME.
2014 Don’t eat more when your mouth is full/Maybe some people are always asleep
Designer/Choreographer/Performer
• Lobby installation improvisational score for six performers. Pre-show and
intermission.
• Spring Undergraduate Projects: Lobby, Margaret Gisolo Theatre, Arizona
State University. Tempe, AZ.
September 2013 FUSE: “The End”
Deviser/Choreographer/Performer
• 8 minute duet. Devised collaboratively with Greg Maday, John Perovitch,
Dienae Hunter. Sound design: John Perovitch. Performed with Dienae Hunter.
• FUSE: ASU MainStage. Galvin Playhouse, Arizona State University. Tempe,
AZ.

3. TEACHING AND FACILITATION
Creative Aging, Intergenerational, & Physically Integrated Dance
Oct. 2016-Present Teaching artist, Mature Moving Me class
Movement and creative process for adults 55+
• Mesa Arts Center. Mesa, AZ
Oct. 2016-Present Teaching artist, Movement for dementia
• Oakwood Creative Care. Mesa, AZ
Sep 2015-Apr. 2016 Instructor & co-founder, Dance Mixability
Inclusive dance program for intergenerational, mixed abilities group
• St. Stephens Episcopal Church. Phoenix, AZ
Jan-May 2016 Inaugural Cohort Member, AZ Creative Aging Teaching Artists Institute
• Selected for participation by Arizona Commission on the Arts
Feb-Mar 2015 Assistant & substitute teacher, Mature Moving Me Class.
• Mesa Arts Center. Mesa, AZ
Dance for Children & Youth
Sep 2016-Present Teen Jazz and Ballet Instructor
• Phoenix Center for the Arts. Phoenix, AZ.
2015-May 2016 Volunteer Dance Teacher with Movement Exchange at ASU
• Co-taught weekly dance classes for children in residence at domestic violence
shelter
• Sojourner Center. Phoenix, AZ.
May-July 2015 Assistant Teacher, Performing Arts Abroad
• Internship placement at Varium Escola de Dansa, Barcelona, Spain.
May 2014 International Dance Diplomat & Volunteer, Movement Exchange
• Taught workshops & dance classes in Spanish and English at Aldea SOS
Orphanage, Malambo Orphanage, Danilo Pérez Foundation, University of
Panamá
• Panama City, Panamá
Community Workshops
2015 Living Mobiles
Four participatory, creative dance workshops based on the art of Alexander
Calder for families and children
• ASU Art Museum Day, ASU Art Museum. Tempe, AZ.
2015 Dance Kitchen: Cooking from scratch

4. Dance-making/creative practice workshop for university students
• With Movement Exchange at ASU. Tempe, AZ.
2014 Leaders and Followers
Two hour workshop exploring leadership with youth through movement
• Co-Facilitated with Jasmine Benton
• César Chávez Youth Leadership Institute. Tempe, AZ
2014 Write Yourself/Exprésate: A Bilingual Book-Making Workshop
• Co-Facilitated with Eli Spaulding, Avivah Fluhr, & Alejandro Aguilar
• Fieldwork for Socially Engaged Practices (HDA310). Instructors: Elizabeth
Johnson & Gregory Sale
• Librería Donceles. Combine Studios. Phoenix, AZ
2013 Participatory Theatre and College Sex Culture
Training workshop for student advocates (Devils in the Bedroom & I ALWAYS
Get Consent) on the use of Theatre of the Oppressed to educate students about
sexual wellness and rape culture.
• Co-facilitated with Sabra Nuel, Gustavo Rivera, & Lynn Parry
• Fieldwork for Theatre for Social Change (THP 482). Instructor: Asantewa
Sunni-Ali
• Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
PERFORMANCE
* signifies a significant contribution through collaborative processes or improvisation in performance.
Film
April 2016 If the Sky is an Ocean
Directed by Yingzi Liang
• Solo performer in 3:36 minute dance film
• Dance: Inventions & Conventions: ASU MainStage. Galvin Playhouse,
Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ
Stage
April 2016 Inoxia
Performance score by Yingzi Liang.
• 15 minute improvisational score with DATURA Interdisciplinary
Performance Ensemble: Yingzi Liang, Sharon McCamon, John Mitchell,
Anthony Obr, Sandra Schoenwald, Joe Willie Smith, Chris Todd
• Dance: Inventions & Conventions: ASU Mainstage. DanceLab, Nelson Fine
Arts Center, Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ.
March 2016 “Dress in Something Plain and Dark“
Performer/Creator/Designer
• 30 minute solo performance exploring Mennonite religious and cultural
identity. Developed in collaboration with Carly Bates and Raji Ganesan.
• BFA Honors Thesis project
• NEGOTIATIONS : The Empty Space Theatre, Arizona State University.
Tempe, AZ.

5. February 2016 *How does it feel to be back here again?
April 2016 Choreographer/Performer/Sound designer
• 8 minute solo performance exploring relationship to Mennonite church.
• Transition Project Presentation II: Margaret Gisolo Theatre, Arizona State
University. Tempe, AZ.
• Selected for Dance: Inventions & Conventions: ASU Mainstage. Galvin
Playhouse, Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ.
February 2016 A flamboyance
May 2016 Choreography by Sydney Jackson
• Dance: Inventions & Conventions: ASU MainStage. Galvin Plaza &
Playhouse, Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ.
• Transitions Projects II: ASU MainStage. Margaret Gisolo Theatre, Arizona
State University. Tempe, AZ.
December 2015 *Lineage
Choreography by Mary Fitzgerald
• Performance with ASU Contemporary Percussion Ensemble
• Evelyn Smith Music Theatre, Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ
September 2015 *Vibrant Lives: Data Archives (preshow)
Created by Jessica Rajko, Eileen Standley, Jacque Wernimont
• Fall Forward! ASU MainStage.
• Lobby, Galvin Playhouse, Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ.
February 2015 If wishes were horses
April 2015 Choreography by Kathleen Hermesdorf. Music by Albert Matthias.
• Dance Annual: ASU Mainstage, Galvin Playhouse, Arizona State University.
Tempe, AZ.
• Transitions Projects: ASU MainStage. Margaret Gisolo Theatre. Arizona
State University. Tempe, AZ.
January 2015 *Waiting for a passenger/Ship to go to sea
May 2015 Choreography by Inkyung Lee.
M.F.A. Thesis Work
• Berkeley Arts. Berkeley, CA
• ASU Art Museum, Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ
In Graduate Project Presentations. Margaret Gisolo Theatre, Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ.
October 2015 *Empty, Empty! Empty? Chor. by Yingzi Liang
March 2015 I missed the fog, but I forgot about the mist Chor. by Katherine Dorn
October 2014 *In Finite Being Chor. by Jenny Gerena
October 2014 *COM[P]AR[T]M[E][N][T]AL[I]Z[E]D Chor. by Molly Schenck
March 2014 *Note the absence, the negative space, the failures Chor. by Inkyung Lee
October 2012 Just Because Chor. Chareka Daniel
With The Esperanza Dance Project, choreographed & directed by Beth Braun. Tucson, AZ.

6. June 2014 House of Hope: A Community Outreach Event
• Rincon/University High School. Tucson, AZ
June 2011 Sisters of Grace/Their Souls Dwell in the House of Hope
• ZUZI’s Theatre, Historic Y. Tucson, AZ
Community Dance & Site Specific
March 2016 *Oakwood Improvisational Score
Performance Score by Elizabeth Johnson
• Oakwood Dignifies Gala. Mesa Arts Center. Mesa, AZ
April 2014 *Mixed Abilities Duet
Choreography by Elizabeth Johnson
• ASU Disabilities Symposium. Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ
March 2014 *Equilibrium: A Community Dance
Choreography by Elizabeth Johnson.
• Spark! Festival of Creativity. Mesa Arts Center. Mesa, AZ.
2012 At Home in the Desert: Youth Engagement and Place
Project created by Melissa Britt, Linda Essig, Mary Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Johnson,
Richard Mook, Stephani Woodson.
• South Mountain High School. Phoenix, AZ.
• Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ.
TRAINING: DANCE TECHNIQUE & IMPROVISATION
B.F.A., Dance. Arizona State University – Tempe, AZ
Aug 2013-May 2016 Post-modern/Contemporary: Karen Schupp, Jessica Rajko, Jenny Showalter,
Angel Crissman, Laurel Wall-McClane. Guest artists: Kathleen Hermesdorf, Sara
Wookey
Contemporary Ballet: Carley Conder, Jenny Showalter
Hip/Hop & Urban Styles: Jorge “House” Magana, Melissa Britt, Sarah
“Saza” Dimmick
Somatic Studies: Eileen Standley
Improvisation: Tim O’Donnell, Mary Fitzgerald, Angel Crissman
Anatomy & Kinesiology: Melissa Rex, Dr. Delun Wash-Krupps
Workshops, Festivals & Intensives
July 2016 Ate9 Gaga Workshop – Tempe, AZ
Five day workshop. Gaga technique and Ate9 Repertory classes.

7. With Danielle Agami (Founder/Artistic Director, Ate9 Dance Company), Thibaut
Eiferman, Rebecah Goldstone, and Genna Moroni (Company dancers)
July 2016 Dance Exchange 40th
Anniversary Summer Institute – Tacoma Park, MD
Nine-day intensive on Dance Exchange core creative practices and philosophies.
Core Facilitators: Liz Lerman, Cassie Meador, Elizabeth Johnson, Matthew
Cumbie, Bimbola Akinbola
July 2015 Varium Dance Intensive – Barcelona, Spain
Two-week intensive. Contemporary dance and improvisation
Instructors: Anna Sanchez, Béné Carrat, Helena Canas, Veronica Cendoya
July-Aug 2014 Bates Dance Festival – Lewiston, ME
Two-week intensive. Modern/contemporary technique, composition, & yoga.
Instructors: Angie Hauser, Claudia LaVista, Mark Dendy and Robbie Cook.
January 2014 Through Lines - Tucson, AZ
Four-day ensemble improvisation, movement, and writing intensive
Facilitators: Katherine Ferrier and Kathy Couch
Studio Training – Tucson, AZ
2010-2013 Esperanza Dance Project / University High School Dance Program
Horton Technique, Choreography: Beth Braun
2011-2012 Ballet Arts
Classical ballet technique: Cheiko Imada, Daniel Precup
2003-2009 Arizona Ballet Theatre
Ballet, pointe: Cecily Bressel, Megan Winter. Graham modern technique: Norman
Walker. Jazz/Musical Theatre: Megan Winter, Michael Darnell
ARTS ADMINISTRATION AND LEADERSHIP
[nueBOX] - Phoenix/Mesa, AZ
Director of Artist Services May 2016-Present
Performance Program Coordinator Sep 2015-May 2016
Movement Exchange at ASU- Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Secretary June 2015-May 2016
Founder/President Nov. 2013-May 2015
Dance Undergraduate Organizational Support- Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Founder/Chair, Student Development Grant May 2015-May 2016
Treasurer May 2014-May 2016
Class Representative Sep. 2013-May 2014
Performing Arts Abroad- Northampton, MA

8. Program Ambassador - Arizona State University Aug. 2015-May 2016
International Intern - Barcelona, Spain May 2015-Aug. 2015
Rising Youth Theatre- Phoenix, AZ
Communications Intern Jan. 2015-May 2015
Arizona Commission on the Arts- Phoenix, AZ
Arts Learning Intern Jan 2013-May 2013
PRESENTATIONS, RESEARCH, & WRITING
Conferences & Panels
July 2016 Panel Moderator: Radical Sound: A Conversation on Experimental Music
[nueBOX]. Epicentre Recording Studio. Phoenix, AZ
May 6, 2015 Panelist: Creativity and Aging.
“Going Places” Conference. Arizona Age Friendly Network. Phoenix, AZ
April 18, 2014 Panel Moderator: The Personal Is Political: Arts, Identity, and Social
Transformation.
Womanity Conference. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
Academic Research
May 2016 “Deep roots, shared fruits: Emergent creative process and the ecology of solo
performance through ‘Dress in Something Plain and Dark’”
Undergraduate Honors Thesis for Barrett, the Honors College at ASU.
Committee: Dr. Amira de la Garza (Director), Angela Ellsworth, Inertia
DeWitt
June 2015 “Like electricity through the wires: Africanist aesthetics in American Dance.”
INQUIRE: Undergraduate Research Journal, (1), 1-15. June 18, 2015.
Dance Reviews
February 2016 “Unexpected intimacies: Reflections from the front row of Breaking Ground”
Review of Breaking Ground Contemporary Dance/Film Festival.
Phoenix Dance Observer. February 9, 2016.
July 2015 “We Women.”
Review of “We Women” by Sol Pico.
Self-Published (personal blog). ajymovement.com. July 18, 2015.
GRANTS, HONORS & AWARDS
June 2016 Professional Development Grant

9. Arizona Commission on the Arts.
May 2016 Outstanding Achievement in Scholarship/Research
School of Film, Dance, and Theatre, Arizona State University.
December 2016 Selected for AZ Creative Aging Teaching Artist Institute
Arizona Commission on the Arts.
2015-2016 Special Talent Award
School of Film, Dance, and Theatre, Arizona State University.
2013- 2016 Deans List
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University
2012-2016 Flinn Scholarship
Flinn Foundation of Arizona