Amanda McCorkle, MFA, RSDE, is an award-winning choreographer, performer and teacher from Austin, Texas. 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 Bachelors of Fine Arts program in Dance Studies. Amanda's research interests center around teaching movement integration from a somatic perspective.