Dancing Futures facilitator (and project alumnae)
Born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, Fana Fraser is a performer and director based in New York City. Her performance work is rooted in a contemporary Caribbean aesthetic and framed by narratives of eroticism, power, and compassion. Fana's work has been presented at Issue Project Room, Wassaic Project, Brooklyn Museum, The Knockdown Center, Movement Research at the Judson Church, BAAD!, La MaMa Moves!, the CURRENT SESSIONS, Gibney, Trinidad Theatre Workshop, and Emerging Artists Theatre. She has been a CUNY Dance Initiative artist in residence (2017-18), a Movement Research Van Lier Fellow (2017), a resident at the inaugural MANCC Forward Dialogues choreolab (2017), and a resident artist for Dance Your Future 2016 - a project partnership between BAAD! and Pepatián, and at the Dance and Performance Institute of Trinidad & Tobago (2016). Fana also currently serves as the Rehearsal Director for Ailey II and as Co-Director/consultant for South Bronx based arts organization, Pepatián. As a dancer, she has worked with Camille A. Brown & Dancers, Ailey II, Sidra Bell Dance New York, The Francesca Harper Project, The Metropolitan Opera, Andrea Miller for Hermès, and with Ryan McNamara at Performa 13, Art Basel Miami, Guggenheim Works & Process, Frieze New York, and The ICA Boston.
