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.
Casting – Creator, Choreographer & Performer || LA Immersive Invitational (2019)
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
Yule – Choreographer & Performer || Yule – The Halogen Project’s Immersive Holiday Celebration (2019)
Yule is an annual immersive holiday celebration produced by the Halogen Project.
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.
Maiden Voyage – Creator, Choreographer & Performer || OnBoard XR (2021)
Litmus – Creator & Performer || Web (2021)
To Die in the Valley I’ve Loved – Creator, Choreographer & Performer || Livestream (2020)
The Polaroid Project – Creator, Choreographer & Performer || Web (2020)
To Be Loved- Choreographer || Yule – The Halogen Project’s Immersive Holiday Celebration (2020)
Once Upon a Time (music video)– Choreographer & Performer || SHAED (2020)
Until the Wedding (tv) – Choreographer || NBC (2021)
Fresno State (2021 – 2022)
Professor of Dance
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CalArts (2017 – 2018)
Professor of Dance
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Cerritos College– (2019 – )present
Professor of Dance
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Glendale Community College (2019 – 2021)
Professor of Dance
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Cypress College (2018 – 2021)
Professor of Dance
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