About the Artists:
Alicia Graf Mack began her inaugural season as Dean and Director of Juilliard Dance in the fall of 2018. Before assuming that role, Graf Mack enjoyed a distinguished career as a principal dancer of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Graf Mack has danced as a guest performer with Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Beyoncé, John Legend, Andre 3000, Alicia Keys, and Jon Batiste, in addition to numerous appearances in galas, festivals and nationally aired television shows. Graf Mack graduated magna cum laude with honors in history from Columbia University and holds an MA in nonprofit management from Washington University in St. Louis. As a dance educator, Graf Mack was an assistant professor at Webster University in 2010-2011 and 2015-2018, and taught as adjunct faculty at the University of Houston and Washington University in St. Louis. She is a co-founder of D(n)A Arts Collective, an initiative created with her sister to enrich the lives of young dancers through master classes and intensives. Graf Mack is the proud co-producer and host of a new podcast, Moving Moments, featuring authentic conversations with some of the most celebrated, ground-breaking artists in the field of dance.
Tiffany Rea-Fisher is the Artistic Director of EMERGE125, a Mellon Grant-funded performance company headquartered out of Harlem and the Adirondacks, currently in residence at The Flea Theater. She is also the dance curator for Bryant Park Picnic Performances and the Executive Director of the Adirondack Diversity Initiative. Over the course of her career, Rea-Fisher has been commissioned by The National Gallery of Art in D.C., the Dallas Black Dance Theater, and Utah Repertory Dance Theater. Her works have been seen on stage at the Joyce, the Apollo, New York City Center, Joe's Pub, Red Bull Stadium, Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Chelsea Factory, and New York Live Arts. Recent accomplishments include her 2022 Dance Theatre of Harlem commission, Sounds of Hazel, celebrating the life of the trailblazing activist and musician Hazel Scott, and choreography central to The Public Theater’s 2023 Delacorte production of The Tempest. Rea-Fisher is a COHI member of the International Association of Blacks in Dance, an Advisory Board member of Dance/NYC, and a member of Women of Color in the Arts. Rea-Fisher was the first dance curator for the interdisciplinary arts organization The Tank. She is a 7-time AUDELCO award nominee, 2022 Toulmin Fellow, National Dance Project Award winner, Creatives Rebuild New York Awardee, John Brown Spirit Award recipient, Bessies Award Selection Committee member, and was awarded a citation from the City of New York for her cultural contributions.