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Brandi Norton
(BRAN-dee Norton)
She/Her/Hers
National Dance Project Advisor
Iñupiaq, Curator of Public Programs,
Bard College Center for Indigenous Studies
Location: Rhinebeck, New York, the unceded, traditional and ancestral homelands of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community.
Biography
BRANDI NORTON (Iñupiaq) is a curator and dancer based in Rhinebeck, New York. She works as curator of public programs at Bard College Center for Indigenous Studies where she has commissioned original choreography and artwork and implemented collaborative support for Indigenous students. She holds a BFA in dance from the Juilliard School, and an M.S. Ed in early childhood education from Bank Street Graduate School. She works to bring Indigenous artists, educators and thought leaders to Bard College for public facing events. Before joining the Center for Indigenous Studies, she co-founded the dance company OtherShore, and was a dancer and teacher with the Trisha Brown Dance Company for nine seasons. Norton also had the privilege of being an elementary school teacher in New York City for eight years.
Photo by Rowan Norton