Tonya Lockyer

About Tonya

Tonya Lockyer is an award-winning movement artist, writer and cultural producer with international recognition. Widely praised as “a key cultural change-maker” (Seattle Times) she is a Seattle Dance Champion awardee for her transformative “leadership of Velocity and advocacy for dance and movement artists in Seattle and beyond.” Her work as a performer and choreographer has been seen at prestigious venues worldwide including Jacob's Pillow, New York’s Joyce Theater, Canada’s National Arts Centre, Russia’s International Festival of Experimental Art, Seattle’s On the Boards, to name a few. Her solo performances lauded as “outstanding and irreplaceable” toured internationally. She has performed the work of choreographers such as Donald Byrd, Twyla Tharp and collaborated as an improviser with artists such as Miguel Gutierrez and Pauline Oliveros. An acclaimed curator and producer, she has helped develop more than 80 projects with some of the most innovative experimentalists of our time and organized over 300 performance events, festivals, programs, and forums. She continues to work in this capacity with select artists and serves on national review panels. Recent endeavors include choreography for Chicago's Writer's Theater, curating dance during Frieze L.A., creating the Eco-Embodied Art Residency, and authoring and editing the book Artists on Creative Administration.

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Qualifications

MFA
University of Washington