Taylor Mitchell

Awareness Through Movement® Teacher

Taylor Mitchell is a Chicago-based choreographer, performance artist, and dance educator. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from The University of Arizona (2014) where he received the Creative Achievement Award for numerous works of choreography presented by the UA Dance Ensemble and also worked with the Department of Theater. Taylor has performed/choreographed/taught professionally across the city of Chicago, as well as other national and international projects. He has presented work at the Kieler Woche Festival (2017) - one of the largest summer festivals in Northern Germany and the Harvest Contemporary Dance Festival in Chicago (2018, 2019, 2022). He has also served as an Artist in Residence with Washington and Lee University (2019), Southeast Missouri State University (2018, 2021), The University of Louisiana Lafayette (2019), and Keshet Center for the Arts (2018). He currently serves as Artistic Director of MitchellMovement, his own project, while fusing his unique voice of contemporary dance with aspects of physical theatre/clowning technique. Currently, Taylor enjoys integrating Feldenkrais® ATM® as an exciting new part of his offerings in creation and movement.