Morgan Amirah, originally from Atlanta, Ga is a multidisciplinary faith based artist. Her work acknowledges the human experience as necessary and valuable in understanding the greater than, making way for spiritual purity. A 2020 graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts Department of Dance, she trained in various styles ranging from ballet to contemporary floorwork. Composing site-specific scores, creative directing, choreographing and performing have allowed for Morgan to create in residence with Gallim in their Moving Women Residency and more recently with New Dance Alliance as a Liftoff Artist. Here, she planted the seeds and developed Black Girls Who Don’t Like Watermelon Unite (2023). Her work has premiered Internationally at the Agropoli Dance Festival (IT) , with the collaborative work Spring Promises Future made alongside Ontario, Canada based poet premiering both in the U.S. and Canada with major support from the Canadian Consulate. She was named the Inaugural Recipient of the Merce Cunningham Trust Barbara Ensley Award. Morgan has performed works by Wayne McGregor, Sidra Bell, Rashaun + Silas and many others. In 2022, Multidisciplinary Popstar Artist Kilo Kish collaborated with Morgan to create “Still Dreaming” as a part of Time Square Arts Council x Woman in Windows Midnight Moment.
