Brandon Welch

Brandon Welch holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College with a semester on exchange at the Western Australian Academy of the Performing Arts. His performance career includes being a company member of Momix Dance Illusionists, Doug Varone and Dancers, Hannah Kahn Dance Company, JK-co and Gibney Dance. During his time with Doug Varone and Dancers, Brandon participated in Dance Motion USA’s cultural diplomacy program to South America and performed in Les Troyens at the Metropolitan Opera. Additionally, Brandon has performed works by Twyla Tharp, Zvi Gotheiner, Stephen Petronio, Hilary Easton, Reggie Wilson, Joanna Kotze and Ohad Naharin.

As an educator, Brandon has taught contemporary dance techniques in Armenia, Argentina, Peru, Singapore, Sweden, Tanzania, Turkey and across the United States. He has facilitated movement workshops in a variety of unique education settings including New York City and Chicago public schools, Pennsylvania prisons and jails, shelters for vulnerable populations and health recovery groups. Brandon is currently an affiliate faculty member of the Denver University Prison Arts Initiative and educator at the Colorado Conservatory of Dance. He is passionately committed to utilizing movement as a catalyst for social change and served as Founding Executive Director of Awakening Movement from 2013-2020.