Faculty Profile for Amanda Rose Evans McCorkle

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Amanda Rose Evans McCorkle
Associate Professor of Practice — School of Theatre, Dance, & Film
JOW B178-E
phone: (512) 245-2949
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 Amanda McCorkle is an award-winning choreographer, performer and teacher from Austin, Texas. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Dance from Texas State University, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Dance from Texas Woman’s University.

Amanda has performed the works of talented choreographers such as: Bebe Miller, Erick Hawkins, Maureen Freehill, Sarah Gamblin, Andrea Ariel, Sally Jacques, Ellen Bartel, and Rosemary Candelario. In 2006 she became a founding member of the Shay Ishii Dance Company, and now serves as the Executive Assistant Director of their board. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally at locations such as the 92nd Street Y in New York City, England, Scotland, France, Mexico, Trinidad, India, Sweden, Italy, and Brazil, the Austin Fringe Festival, the American Dance Festival, Oklahoma, Ohio, Colorado, and many more.

She is currently an Associate Professor of Practice in the Dance Division at Texas State University, and is the Head of the BFA in Dance Studies. Ms. McCorkle is the Producing Director of the International Somatic Child Experiential Practitioner Training program. This program offers trainings across the U.S. and Brazil.

Currently, Amanda’s research interests are centered around teaching movement integration from a somatic perspective. She is committed to celebrating the value and beauty of every person, and to facilitating movers in their experiential journey through the body.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Dancer and Co-choreographer, Urbá Terra Bartzelona. January 2024 - December 2024.
    Showings:
    • Reframed. February 2024 Harrison Theatre, San Marcos, TX.
    • Brighton Short Fringe Festival. April 2024 Brighton, UK.
    • Mostra de Videodança & Forum Network. May 2024 Lisbon, Portugal.
    • FIVRS. July 2024 - September 2024 Porto Alegre e Pelotas, Brazil.
    • Cinedanza Festival. October 2024 Moderna, Italy.
    • Biencortos Festival Internacional. November 2024 Maracaibo, Venezuela.
    • Vesuvius International Film Awards. November 2024 Naples, Italy.
    • Tokyo Documentary Film Festival. December 2024 Tokyo, Japan.
    • Athens International Digital Film Festival. December 2024 Athens, Greece.
  • Dancer, Blue Study. October 15, 2021 - October 2022.
  • Choreographer, Mare Crisium. October 27, 2022 - October 30, 2022.
    Performances:
    • Contemporary Choreographers' Collective. October 27, 2022 - October 30, 2022 Queen's Hall, Port of Spain, Trinidad.
  • Dancer and Choreographer, TXST Next. July 2021.
  • Choreographer, Fricatives and Sibilants. June 2019.
    Performances:
    • Choreographers' Festival. June 2019 University of Bedford, Bedford, UK.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Award of Excellence in Service, Texas State University. January 2024 - June 2024

Selected Grants

  • McCorkle, Amanda Rose Evans (Principal). aqueous, Texas State University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $2532. (Funded: September 2024). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Head of BFA in Dance Studies
Head of BFA in Dance Studies
January 2024-Present
Head of BA in Dance
Head of BA in Dance
August 2021-Present
Officer
Assistant Executive Director, Board of Directors, Shay Ishii Dance Company
January 2021-Present
Dance Advisor to the Long Center Board of Trustees Programming Committee
Dance Advisor to the Long Center Board of Trustees Programming Committee
January 2019-Present
Officer
Whole Movement Center's International Somatic Training
January 2022-December 2022