Katie Duran

Studio Office Manager

Growth and Development Manager

P.E. Waiver Coordinator

Student Teacher Asst. Program Director

ADA Instructor

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Katie is a dance artist and educator driven by her passion for community building and the belief that dance is for everyone.

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Katie earned a B.F.A. in Dance + UTeach Dance at the University of Texas, studying choreography and performance while also developing her pedagogy and personal teaching

philosophy. She taught in the Fine Arts Academy at Westwood High School, where she sharedher passion for dance with her students for five years.

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In 2023, she left the K-12 sphere to support her dance community on a larger scale. She works as a professional learning facilitator with MINDPOP, educational consultant, and dancespecialist. She is a lecturer, curriculum mentor, and Field Supervisor for the UTeach Dance program. She has been assessed as a mastery level teacher through the Texas Dance

Educators Association’s DEAL, and was nominated for

TDEA’s Dance Educator of the Year Award.

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Katie continues to teach, dance, create, and perform. She has worked locally with BLiPSWiTCH, Andrea Beckham Collaborative Dance, Jennifer Sherburn, Shen Jun Movement

Effect, and more. You can catch her flying on the side of buildings as a company dancer with site-specific

aerial dance company, Blue Lapis Light.