Colorado College Drama & Dance Department

Casey Avaunt was born in Maine and grew up dancing locally at the Bates Dance Festival. She graduated from The Colorado College in December 2005 with a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Drama/Dance as well as distinction in the department and as a recipient of the Broadway Theater League Award for two consecutive years. She continues to dance, teach and choreograph professionally in both the United States and in Taiwan with specific interests in psychology, gender and cultural communications as they relate to performance art. In 2004, Casey received funding from the Chin-Lin Foundation of Taiwan to research Taiwanese culture, modern dance and Taoism. She returned to Taiwan in 2007 as a resident of the Taipei Artist Village and again in 2008 in order to collaborate with 8213 Physical Dance Theater. She joined the company as they performed in Paris, Avignon, America, and Bangkok and throughout Taiwan. In 2009 Casey received first place out of 180 in the Taiwan Creative Dance Competition for her choreography. Casey received a full scholarship from The Ministry of Education in Taiwan to study a master’s degree in Performance/Choreography at Taipei National University of the Arts.