MK Ford
MK Ford (they/them) is an antidisciplinary dance artist whose work includes performance, choreography, film and visual arts. Presently, MK Ford holds the role of Clinical Assistant Professor of Dance and Media at Arizona State University. They hold a MFA in Dance from the University of Maryland College Park and a BFA in Dance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Ford is currently performing with various dance artists in the New York, Washington D.C., L.A., and Phoenix areas while also working as a freelance multimedia collaborator. Ford’s research includes themes from queer theory such as redaction, code shifting, and multi-mediated cyborg phenomenologies. The dance lineages that Ford moves within include contemporary postmodern, floorwork practices, improvisational strategies, and street styles.