Portrait of Amanda Rose Evans McCorkle

Amanda Rose Evans McCorkle

  • Associate Professor of Practice at School of Theatre, Dance, & Film, College of Fine Arts & Communication

Scholarly and Creative Works

2024

  • 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.
  • Artistic Director, Leaving the Light On, Opening Door Dance Theatre's 40th Anniversary. October 2024.
    Performances:
    • Leaving the Light On. October 2024 Harrison Theatre, San Marcos, TX.
  • Choreographer, Light the Way Home. July 2024 - October 2024.
    Performances:
    • Leaving the Light On, Opening Door Dance Theatre. October 2024 Harrison Theatre, San Marcos, TX.
  • Producer and Artistic Director, aqueous. April 2024 - September 2024.
    Performances:
    • aqueous. September 2024 Spring Lake at the Meadows Center, San Marcos, TX.
  • Choreographer, Activation, Adhesion, Aggregation. March 2024.
    Performances:
    • CIM TEYA Stream In Motion. March 2024 Harrison Theatre, San Marcos, TX.
  • Artistic Director, Student Dance Concert. January 2024 - March 2024.
    Performances:
    • Student Dance Concert. March 2024 Evans Auditorium, San Marcos, TX.

2023

  • Dancer, Obstructed View. 2022 - 2023.
    Showings:
    • Florence DanceOnScreen Festival. 2023 Florence, Italy.
    • London International Screendance Festival. 2023 London, UK.
    • Manifest Dance-Film Festival. 2023 India.
    • ScreenDance Festival. 2023 Sweden.
    • Flatpack Festival. 2023 Birmingham, UK.
    • Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema. 2023 Boulder, CO.
    • ADF's Movies by Movers. 2023 Durham, NC.
    • DANCE@30FPS. 2023 Ohio State University.
    • Thomas Edison Film Festival. 2023 Hoboken, NJ.
    • WorldFest Houston. 2023 Houston, TX.
  • Choreographer, Termine. October 29, 2023.
    Performances:
    • COCO Dance Festival. October 29, 2023 National Academy for the Performing Arts, Port of Spain, Trinidad.
  • Dancer, New Moon. October 20, 2023 - October 22, 2023.
    Performances:
    • "A Clear Place" Opening Door Dance Theatre. October 20, 2023 - October 22, 2023 Evans Auditorium, San Marcos, TX.
  • Rehearsal Director, New Moon. October 20, 2023 - October 22, 2023.
    Performances:
    • "A Clear Place", Opening Door Dance Theatre. October 20, 2023 - October 22, 2023 Evans Auditorium, San Marcos, TX.
  • Artistic Director, A Clear Place. October 20, 2023 - October 22, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Opening Door Dance Theatre. October 20, 2023 - October 22, 2023 Evans Auditorium, San Marcos, TX.
  • Dancer, A Heart Unbound. June 21, 2023 - June 25, 2023.
    Performances:
    • "Being With" 36th Annual BMCA Conference. June 21, 2023 - June 25, 2023 Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.
  • Choreographer, Mare Crisium. March 31, 2023 - April 1, 2023.
    Performances:
    • "Dancescapes" Student Dance Concert. March 31, 2023 - April 1, 2023 Evans Auditorium, San Marcos, TX.
  • Artistic Director, Dancescapes. March 31, 2023 - April 1, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Student Dance Concert. March 31, 2023 - April 1, 2023 Evans Auditorium, San Marcos, TX.
  • Choreographer, Activation, Adhesion, Aggregation. March 26, 2023.
    Performances:
    • Stream In Motion. March 26, 2023 Evans Auditorium, San Marcos, TX.

2022

  • 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.
  • Choreographer, Activation, Adhesion, Aggregation. September 2022 - December 2022.
    Performances:
    • Opening Door Dance Theatre. October 2022 Patti Strickel Harrison Theater, San Marcos, TX.
    • Kaleidoscope: 99th Annual TAHPERD Conference. December 2022 Corpus Christi, TX.
  • Dancer, Threshold. October 2022.
    Performances:
    • Opening Door Dance Theatre. October 2022 Patti Strickel Harrison Theater, San Marcos, TX.
  • Dancer, Be Still...My Heart. June 2022 - July 2022.
    Performances:
    • Rejoining the Circle: 35th International BMCA Conference. June 2022 Granville, OH.
    • Mending. June 2022 Bravo Theater, Austin, TX.
  • Choreographer, Termine. January 2022 - July 2022.
    Performances:
    • American College Dance Association. January 2022 Beaumont, TX.
    • Mending. June 17, 2022 Bravo Theater, Austin, TX.
    • Austin Dance Festival. July 2022 the Long Center, Austin, TX.
  • Dancer, My Mother's Mother's Mother. June 2022.
    Performances:
    • Mending. June 17, 2022 Bravo Theater, Austin, TX.
  • Artistic Director, Kaleidoscope. April 7, 2022 - April 9, 2022.
    Performances:
    • Student Dance Concert. April 7, 2022 - April 9, 2022 Jowers Studio Theater, San Marcos, TX.

2021

  • Dancer and Choreographer, TXST Next. July 2021.
  • Dancer, A Heart Unbound. October 21, 2021 - October 24, 2021.
    Performances:
    • Opening Door Dance Theatre. October 21, 2021 - October 24, 2021 Patti Strickel Harrison Theater, San Marcos, TX.
  • Choreographer, Termine. October 21, 2021 - October 24, 2021.
    Performances:
    • Opening Door Dance Theatre. October 21, 2021 - October 24, 2021 Patti Strickel Harrison Theater, San Marcos, TX.
  • Artistic Director, Student Dance Concert. April 2021.
    Performances:
    • Student Dance Concert. April 2021 Evans Auditorium, San Marcos, TX.

2020

  • Choreographer, Dancer, Ground. October 10, 2020.
    Showings:
    • Opening Door Dance Theatre. October 10, 2020 - Present virtual, virtual.
  • Choreographer and Dancer, Blowing Kisses Into the Wind. April 4, 2020 - June 30, 2020.
    Performances:
    • Site-specific personalized dances. April 4, 2020 - June 30, 2020 various outdoor locations, Central Texas.
  • Choreographer, Cendrillion. March 25, 2020 - March 29, 2020.
    Performances:
    • Cendrillion Opera. March 25, 2020 - March 29, 2020 Patti Strickel Harrison Theater, San Marcos, TX.
  • Choreographer, Systole. February 18, 2020 - February 20, 2020.
    Performances:
    • Shay Ishii Dance Company. February 18, 2020 - February 20, 2020 The Long Center, Austin, TX.
  • Dancer, In Saffron Colored Mantle. February 18, 2020 - February 20, 2020.
    Performances:
    • Shay Ishii Dance Company. February 18, 2020 - February 20, 2020 The Long Center, Austin, TX.

2019

  • Choreographer, Fricatives and Sibilants. June 2019.
    Performances:
    • Choreographers' Festival. June 2019 University of Bedford, Bedford, UK.
  • Choreographer, Systole. October 17, 2019 - October 19, 2019.
    Performances:
    • Opening Door Dance Theater. October 17, 2019 - October 19, 2019 Evans Auditorium, San Marcos, TX.
  • Performer/Co-Choreographer, More Than You Can Count. June 28, 2019 - June 29, 2019.
    Performances:
    • Dancestry... anew. June 28, 2019 - June 29, 2019 The Long Center, Austin, TX.
  • dancer, Stagnation: When Is It My Turn, Bitch. April 6, 2019.
    Performances:
    • Austin Dance Festival. April 6, 2019 - Present Ballet Austin, Austin, TX.

2018

  • Choreographer, TransPecos. October 18, 2018 - October 20, 2018.
    Performances:
    • Opening Door Dance Theatre. October 18, 2018 - October 20, 2018 Patti Strickel Harrison Theater, San Marcos, TX.
  • Dancer, In Saffron Mantle. October 18, 2018 - October 20, 2018.
    Performances:
    • Opening Door Dance Theatre. October 18, 2018 - October 20, 2018 Patti Strickel Harrison Theater, San Marcos, TX.
  • Dancer, In Saffron Mantle. June 9, 2018.
    Performances:
    • Dancestry Provenance. June 9, 2018 The Blanton Museum, Austin, TX.
  • Choreographer, Kodama Waltz. March 30, 2018.
    Performances:
    • Art in the Park. March 30, 2018 Sewell Park, San Marcos, TX.
  • Director, Art in the Park. March 30, 2018.
    Performances:
    • Art in the Park. March 30, 2018 Sewell Park, San Marcos, TX.

2017

  • choreographer, TransPecos. June 6, 2017.
    Performances:
    • Bedfordshire Festival of Dance. June 6, 2017 University of Bedfordshire, Bedford, UK.
  • dancer, Return to the Quarry. March 2017 - April 2017.
    Performances:
    • Return to the Quarry. April 8, 2017 - April 9, 2017 Clear Creek Nature Preserve, Denton, TX.
  • Choreographer, Caryatid Smiles. April 20, 2017 - April 22, 2017.
    Performances:
    • Irreversible. April 20, 2017 - April 22, 2017 Patti Strickel Harrison Theater, San Marcos.
  • Choreographer, Lily on the Wind. March 23, 2017.
    Performances:
    • Art in the Park. March 23, 2017 Sewell Park, San Marcos, TX.
  • Choreographer, Framing. February 9, 2017 - February 10, 2017.
    Performances:
    • Orchesis. February 9, 2017 - February 10, 2017 Evans Auditorium, San Marcos, TX.

2016

  • Performance & Choreographer, Otolith. 2016.
    Performances:
    • Cheryl Chaddick Choreographer’s Showcase. Austin, TX.
  • Performance, Tabernacle of the Body. 2016.
    Performances:
    • Austin, TX.
  • dancer, Above, Below, Beyond. 2016.
    Performances:
    • Engagement: Philosophy and Dance Symposium. San Marcos, TX.
  • Choreographer, dancer, Mare Crisium. 2016.
    Performances:
    • Tulsa, OK.

2015

  • Performance, Plains Daybreak. 2015.
    Performances:
    • San Marcos, TX.
  • Performance, Into the Quarry. 2015.
    Performances:
    • Denton, TX.
  • Performance, Wherein the Protagonist Escapes. 2015.
    Performances:
    • Arlington, TX.
  • Performance, Mare Crisium. 2015.
    Performances:
    • Fort Worth, TX.
  • Choreographer, Human Voices. 2015.
    Performances:
    • Dance Works. Arlington, TX.

2014

  • Assistant Stage Manager. 2014.
    Performances:
    • Spring Showcase. Main Theater, Collin College, Plano, TX.
  • McCorkle, A. R. E. (2014). Life after MFA. MFA Mondays.

2013

  • Performance, Mare Crisium. 2013.
    Performances:
    • Rhapsody, Arlington, TX.
  • Performance, Skin in the Grass. 2013.
  • Performance, Wherein the Protagonist Escapes. 2013.
    Performances:
    • Dance UpClose, Denton, TX.
  • Choreographer, This place I’ve seen before…. 2013.
    Performances:
    • Excavating Place, Denton, TX.
  • Stage Manager, Cover /un/ Cover. 2013.
    Performances:
    • Spring Showcase. Studio Theater, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX.

2012

  • Performance, Surpast. 2012.
    Performances:
    • Denton, TX.
  • Performance, Grit. 2012.
    Performances:
    • College Station, TX.
  • Performance, New Moon. 2012.
    Performances:
    • Austin, TX.
  • Performance, Mare Crisium. 2012.
    Performances:
    • A Clear Place, Austin, TX.
  • Performance, La Familia Que…. 2012.
    Performances:
    • Austin, TX.
  • Performance, Sense. Score. Set. 2012.
    Performances:
    • Denton, TX.
  • Choreographer, Mare Crisium. 2012.
    Performances:
    • DanceMakers Concert. Denton, TX.
  • Choreographer, After. 2012.
    Performances:
    • DanceMakers Concert. Denton, TX.
  • Videographer. 2012.
    Performances:
    • Fall DanceMakers Concert. Margo Jones Performance Hall, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX.
  • Stage Manager. 2012.
    Performances:
    • Dance UpClose Concert. Studio Theater, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX.
  • Mare Crisium. Top 10 Dances With Complexity of 2012. Austin Chronicle. 2012.

2011

  • Performance, Three Solos and Six Pigs. 2011.
    Performances:
    • Denton, TX.
  • Guest Performer, Under the Benign Sky. 2011.
    Performances:
    • Angier Performance Works - Arts Triangle, Denton, TX.
  • Performance, Body. 2011.
    Performances:
    • Green Space Arts Collective, Denton, TX.
  • Performance, Choreographer, Grind/Ground. 2011.
    Performances:
    • Dance UpClose, Denton, TX.
  • Choreographer, Ω < 1. 2011.
    Performances:
    • Dance 208, Denton, TX.
  • Front of House Manager. 2011.
    Performances:
    • Spring DanceMakers Concert. Margo Jones Performance Hall, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX.
  • Box Office Manager. 2011.
    Performances:
    • Spring DanceMakers Concert. Margo Jones Performance Hall, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX.
  • Performance, Choreographer, Grind/Ground. 2011.
    Showings:
    • Dance UpClose, Denton, TX.

2010

  • Performance, Exhibits A and B. 2010.
    Performances:
    • Frontera Fest Long Fringe Festival. Austin, TX.
  • Performance, Above, Below, Beyond. 2010.
    Performances:
    • Erick Hawkins Centennial Celebration. New York, NY.
  • Performance, The Red Piece. 2010.
    Performances:
    • Austin, TX.
  • Choreographer, Exhibit B. 2010.
    Performances:
    • Austin, TX.

2009

  • Performance, Composer’s Challenge. 2009.
    Performances:
    • Big Range Austin Dance Festival. Undertow Dance Theater, Austin, TX.
  • Choreographer, Exhibits A and B. 2009.
    Performances:
    • Dance Carousel, Austin, TX.
  • Exhibits A and B. Austin Chronicle. 2009.
    • Reviewed by: Jonelle Seitz.

2008

  • Performance, Map Making. 2008.
    Performances:
    • Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Performance, Soliloquy of Ashes. 2008.
    Performances:
    • Austin, TX.
  • Performance, Mother Mother. 2008.
    Performances:
    • Forklift Danceworks. Café Dance, Austin, TX.

2007

  • Performance, Upon Awakening. 2007.
    Performances:
    • Austin, TX.

2006

  • Choreographer, The View From the Window. 2006.
    Performances:
    • Frontera Fest Long Fringe Festival. Austin, TX.
  • Production Manager, Of or Pertaining To. 2006.
    Performances:
    • Thread Artistic Collective. Austin, TX.
  • Of or Pertaining To…. The Austinist. 2006.

2005

  • Guest Choreogrpaher & Performer, Hot September Flurries. 2005.
    Performances:
    • Spank Dance Company. Blue Theater, Austin, TX.
  • Choreographer, Intertwined. 2005.
    Performances:
    • Hot September Flurries, Austin, TX.

2004

  • Performance, Where Nothing Falls. 2004.
    Performances:
    • Blue Lapis Light. Austin, TX.

2003

  • Assistant Stage Manager, I Stuck My Head In the Garden. 2003.
    Performances:
    • Johnson/Long Dance Theater, Austin, TX.