Alyah Baker is a dance artist, scholar, and choreographer working at the intersection of art and embodied activism. She is an assistant professor of dance at UNC Charlotte, where her research focuses on queer aesthetics, Black feminist praxis, and community building through dance. Baker earned her MFA in Dance(’21) and a B.A. in Sociology (’03) from Duke University. She has trained and performed professionally with companies including Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Oakland Ballet, and Carolina Ballet, dancing featured roles in works by George Balanchine, Antony Tudor, Laura Dean, José Limón, and Alonzo King. Baker has received choreographic commissions from the American Dance Festival, Queering Dance Festival, North Carolina Dance Festival, and Oakland Ballet, and has been recognized in local and national media, including Dance Teacher Magazine and the New York Times.
Website: https://www.alyahbaker.com/
Instagram: @absees @blackandbrownballet
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