Kayla Hamilton

Access. Movement. Play. (A.M.P.) Residency Director

Kayla Hamilton is a Texas born, Bronx based performance maker, dancer, educator and consultant,

Kayla is currently a Jerome Hill and Pina Bausch Fellow and a NEFA National Dance Production Project Grant recipient. Her past shows have been presented at Gibney, Performance Space NY, New York Live Arts and Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance.

Kayla co- developed ‘Crip Movement Lab’ with collaborator Elisabeth Motley-a pedagogical framework centering cross-disability movement practices for every-body; which they have taught in multiple dance centers and universities.

Kayla danced with Bessie award winning skeleton architecture; and for Maria Bauman, Sydnie L. Mosley and Gesel Mason.

Kayla has developed/designed access centered programming for the Mellon Foundation,Movement Research and DanceNYC.

Kayla recently founded ‘Circle O’ – a cultural organization uplifting BIPOC Disabled creatives.

  • Access. Movement. Play. (A.M.P.) Residency Program
  • Advisory groups
  • AAT Founding Member
  • Artist in Residence
  • 2019 Artist in Residence
  • Faculty
  • AAT Past Member
  • 2023 winter MELT
  • Fall 2024 MR@Judson Artist
  • Spring 2020 MR@Judson Artist
  • Spring 2023 MR@Judson Artist
  • Staff
  • Current Staff
  • Program Directors
This is a black & white dance image of Kayla Hamilton, who is a dark brown-skinned Black woman. She is throwing her head back as her dreads flow with her as she pushes her arms outward. Her legs are wide and slightly bent. She is wearing jeans and a knee length cardigan that wraps around her thighs. Behind her are storefronts and cars parked on the street. Photo by Travis Magee.
ID: This is a black & white dance image of Kayla Hamilton, who is a dark brown-skinned Black woman. She is throwing her head back as her dreads flow with her as she pushes her arms outward. Her legs are wide and slightly bent. She is wearing jeans and a knee length cardigan that wraps around her thighs. Behind her are storefronts and cars parked on the street. Photo by Travis Magee.

Past classes and workshops