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Photo by Lynn Lane
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Rebekah Chappell is a teaching artist, performer, and dance maker living in Greater Austin, Texas. She holds an MFA in Dance from The University of Iowa and BFA in Dance from Shenandoah University. She has taught dance in studios, community programs, public and private schools, and universities across the country. In higher education, she has served as a Lecturer at Texas State University (2022 - 2025), Adjunct Faculty at Austin Community College (2022 - 2025), Adjunct Lecturer at SUNY Brockport (2020 - 2021), Visiting Assistant Professor and Assistant MFA Director at Hollins University (2017 - 2020), Instructor of Record at The University of Iowa (2014 - 2016), and as Adjunct Faculty at San Jacinto College South (2011 - 2014). Her pedagogy is focused on building communities of belonging that foster collective joy and imagination. In addition, she is an Alexander Technique Teacher, grounding her work in the field of social somatics.
Rebekah has had an extensive performance career as a solo and ensemble artist. Her solo projects are grounded in emergence, functioning within a liminal space that conjures states of being through movement, writing, and vocalization. Her most recent project addressed the multiplicities of grief, resulting in the screen dance, Can’t Relax in a Yard Like That. Her choreography has been presented at Austin Dance Hub, Houston Fringe Festival, Gallery 202 Roanoke, Small Plates Choreography Festival, Greensboro Fringe Festival, InHale / ExHale Performance Series, Charlotte Dance Festival, DAnCEacostia Festival, The Englert Theatre Iowa City, Houston Choreographers x6, 12 Minutes Max!, among others.
Her scholarship examines how personal, historical, societal, and / or cultural perspectives shape our embodiment and how we move through the world. Most recently, she has collaboratively worked alongside Dr. Alexia Buono, asking: “what do we need to practice vulnerable, decentralized, interdependent, supportive relationships for accountability and liberation in the academy?” Their work has been presented at various conferences throughout the world and was published as a chapter in Faculty Learning Communities Working Towards a More Equitable, Just, and Anti-Racist Future in Higher Education (IAP 2024).
Rebekah has had an extensive performance career as a solo and ensemble artist. Her solo projects are grounded in emergence, functioning within a liminal space that conjures states of being through movement, writing, and vocalization. Her most recent project addressed the multiplicities of grief, resulting in the screen dance, Can’t Relax in a Yard Like That. Her choreography has been presented at Austin Dance Hub, Houston Fringe Festival, Gallery 202 Roanoke, Small Plates Choreography Festival, Greensboro Fringe Festival, InHale / ExHale Performance Series, Charlotte Dance Festival, DAnCEacostia Festival, The Englert Theatre Iowa City, Houston Choreographers x6, 12 Minutes Max!, among others.
Her scholarship examines how personal, historical, societal, and / or cultural perspectives shape our embodiment and how we move through the world. Most recently, she has collaboratively worked alongside Dr. Alexia Buono, asking: “what do we need to practice vulnerable, decentralized, interdependent, supportive relationships for accountability and liberation in the academy?” Their work has been presented at various conferences throughout the world and was published as a chapter in Faculty Learning Communities Working Towards a More Equitable, Just, and Anti-Racist Future in Higher Education (IAP 2024).