My work aims to be wildly free and available. Dance that is unapologetically human, motional, flawed and visceral. Forming cathartic communities on stage and in performance that research the momentum of histories-- the personal, ancestral, and societal. Valuing idiosyncratic motion over form. Where inclusivity, equity, and empowerment thrive in collaboration and in a sharing that pushes us towards fearlessness. Towards a liberation of expectations, an increase of empathy, and a research in the humor of being human. Asking questions that lead to better questions. I am informed by the world around me, the world as it was in the past and the world as it can be. Forward in curiosity, vulnerability, power and love. In search of feral joy.
Anne Marie Robson Smock is a Brooklyn-based choreographer, performer and dance educator.
She received her MFA in Dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts while simultaneously earning her MA in Dance Education from NYU Steinhardt. Originally from Salt Lake City, she holds a BFA in Modern Dance from the University of Utah.
Anne Marie has taught, choreographed, and performed professionally in Salt Lake City and New York. Passionate about dance education, she has taught in public schools, as part of community outreach programs, and in-studio settings. As a graduate student, she developed a year-long dance curriculum for elementary students, which aims to empower children through creative dance and literacy to prepare them to participate as democratic citizens and members of their communities. Anne Marie is currently adjunct faculty at NYU and is a member of the current 92Y Harkness Dance Center Alternate Route Dance/Movement Therapy Program cohort and is looking forward to expanding her skill set as a dance practitioner.