Bio

Bio

Koryn Wicks is an LA based choreographer, immersive maker, multimedia artist, and dancer. 

 

She creates explorable performances in which live movement and digital media build off one another in real time. 

 

Koryn’s work has been shown in the U.S. and abroad at diverse festivals and venues including Slamdance DiG, The Bootleg Theatre, and the University of Rome Tor Vergata. In 2019, her intimate immersive piece Casting won Grand Prize at the LA Immersive Invitational. 

 

Koryn also choreographs for film, television and music videos, most recently, SHAED’s VR music video for their single “Once Upon a Time.” 

 

Before moving to California Koryn danced professionally in New York and Montreal. She earned her certificate of dance with Honors from the Ailey School and a BA in Political Science from the CUNY Baccalaureate Program. Koryn holds an MFA in dance from the University of California, Irvine. She has participated in conferences on dance and embodied cognition and has been on faculty at CalArts, Cal State Fresno, Glendale Community College, Cerritos College and Cypress College.

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Casting – Creator, Choreographer & Performer || LA Immersive Invitational  (2019)

Casting is an intimate immersive experience combining dance, theatre and technology. The piece explores how our choices within relationships effect others’ perceptions of us. Casting won the Grand Prize at the 2019 LA Immersive Invitational.


Soundscape and vocals by Hanah Davenport and Alex Lough

Text by Sam Alper

Lighting by Morgan Embry

I love you so much, SQUEEZE ME TO DEATH – Creator & Choreographer || Highways (2019) || The Bootleg Theatre (2019) || Slamdance (2019) 

I love you so much, SQUEEZE ME TO DEATH is an immersive, multimedia dance installation exploring the ways we can lose ourselves loving others. Audience members explore the performance space and interact with performers and interactive sound and media installations.



Official Selection Slamdance DiG 2019

 




Interactive video design by Koryn Wicks


Interactive sound design by Alex Lough


Music by Jonah Rosenberg


Text by Sam Alper


Lighting by Morgan Embry
 

 

Yule – Choreographer & Performer || Yule –  The Halogen Project’s Immersive Holiday Celebration  (2019)

Yule is an annual immersive holiday celebration produced by the Halogen Project. 

Virtual

Waterhorse – Creator & Choreographer || OnBoard XR (2021)

OnBoard XR is a first-look incubator and anthology of short-form, stable showcases of live performance in a single event and web browser. The seasonal event is a self-driving sandbox open to participants wishing to prototype or experiment with live 3D/XR/VR/AR/Streaming virtual technologies.

 

OnBoardXR is performed in a proprietary Mozilla Hubs server designed and supported by Active Replica.

 

 

Festival Director – Brendan Bradley

 

Maiden Voyage – Creator, Choreographer & Performer || OnBoard XR (2021)

OnBoard XR is a first-look incubator and anthology of short-form, stable showcases of live performance in a single event and web browser. The seasonal event is a self-driving sandbox open to participants wishing to prototype or experiment with live 3D/XR/VR/AR/Streaming virtual technologies.

OnBoardXR is performed in a proprietary Mozilla Hubs server designed and supported by Active Replica.

Festival Director – Brendan Bradley

Music and text by Hanah Davenport

Litmus – Creator & Performer || Web (2021)

Litmus is experiment in reciprocity for one participant and one performer. The experience offers a medium for connection following a year of unprecedented isolation.

Interactive Design by Koryn Wicks

Interactive Sound Design by Alex Lough

Text by Sam Alper

Lighting Design by Morgan Embry

To Die in the Valley I’ve Loved – Creator, Choreographer & Performer || Livestream (2020)

Video adaptation created for Slamdance 2021  

Interactive sound design by Alex Lough

Lighting Design by Morgan Embry
 

The Polaroid Project – Creator, Choreographer & Performer || Web (2020)

An intimate immersive experience encouraging embodied audience interaction with dance over a digital platform.

Conceived, choreographed and performed by Koryn Wicks

Musical accompaniment composed and performed by Hanah Davenport

Interactive video system by Nick Duckwiler in collaboration with Koryn Wicks

Web platform by Nick Duckwiler

Sound Engineering by Alex Lough

You can check out the full piece here.

To Be Loved- Choreographer || Yule –  The Halogen Project’s Immersive Holiday Celebration   (2020)

Yule is an annual immersive holiday celebration produced by the Halogen Project.

Music by Hanah Davenport

Film, Television & Music Videos

 Once Upon a Time (music video)– Choreographer & Performer || SHAED (2020)

Until the Wedding (tv) – Choreographer || NBC (2021)

Teaching

Fresno State (2021 – 2022)

Professor of Dance

 

Courses:

  • Advanced Modern Dance
  • Choreography
  • Music and Choreography 
  • Pedagogy – Creative Movement 
  • Pilates

CalArts (2017 – 2018)

Professor of Dance

 

Courses:

  • Modern Dance
  • Choreography
  • Performance & New Media

 

 

 

 

Cerritos College– (2019 – )present

Professor of Dance

 

Courses:

  • Modern Dance
  • Choreography 
  • Dance & Technology
  • Dance History

 

 

 

 

Glendale Community College (2019 – 2021)

Professor of Dance

 

Courses:

  • Modern Dance
  • Dance History

Cypress College (2018 – 2021)

Professor of Dance


Courses:

  • Modern Dance