Fana Fraser is an interdisciplinary artist, director, performer, educator, and full spectrum doula. She is a Fall 2023 artist in residence at The Watermill Center, a 2023-2024 Movement Research NYSCA Artist in Residence and Spring 2023 guest at Northeastern University – College of Media, Arts and Design, a 2021-22 Jerome Hill Artist Fellow in Dance, and a 2022 BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) Artist in Residence. Fana teaches as an adjunct professor at University of the Arts. At NYU Tisch and Adelphi University, she has led workshops in BFA Dance Programs. Fana has also taught workshops in the MFA Dance Program at Sarah Lawrence. Fana served as Rehearsal Director for Ailey II from 2016-20. As a dancer and collaborator, she originated roles and toured internationally with Camille A. Brown and Dancers and Ailey II. She has also done performance work with Samita Sinha’s ‘Infinity Folds’, Mirium Simun, Jonathan González, Sidra Bell Dance New York, The Metropolitan Opera, Andrea Miller for Hermès, The Francesca Harper Project, Raja Feather Kelly and the Feath3r theory, Ryan McNamara, and many others. A certified Gyrotonic® Instructor, she has extensive experience in Yoga, Pilates, Alexander Technique and Somatic Experiencing®. Fana is from Trinidad and Tobago.
