ADAM KERBEL
Choreographer, improviser, educator.
he/him/el
adamkerbel.com
Awards
Rocky Award, 2020. Philadelphia, PA
Directors Lab West, 2018. Pasadena, CA
Residencies
Mascher Space Cooperative, 2024, 2012. Philadelphia, PA
CalCreative, 2019. Los Angeles, CA
Terra Nova Choreographic Residency, 2018, 2017. Los Angeles, CA
New York Live Arts–Fresh Tracks, (as Almanac) 2014. New York, NY
Bearnstow, 2013. Mt. Vernon, ME
Select Teaching
Performa Choreographic Incubator. Winter 2024. Phila, PA
Instant Improvisations. Spring 2023. St. Louis, MO
Breaking Walls Festival. Nov. 2022. Cairo, Egypt
Lost Motion. Spring 2022. Los Angeles, CA
Noah’s Ark at the Skirball. 2019–2022. Los Angeles, CA
CalCreative. Winter 2019. Los Angeles, CA
Muhlenberg College. Spring 2015. Allentown, PA
Select Presentations
Communitas. Dancer and co-choreographer. Almanac Dance Circus Theatre. Presented by Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival on the famed Henry J. Leir Stage, sold out. Rain date restaged in Preles Family Studio. July 2023. Becket, MA
What are you calling me? Dancer and co-choreographer. Presented by Breaking Walls Festival. Nov. 2022. Cairo, Egypt
Toxic City. Choreographer. Presented and Produced by Breaking Walls Festival. Nov. 2022. Cairo, Egypt
Motion Sickness. Dancer and choreographer. Produced by Adam Kerbel. Presented at Miniball Festival, Dec. 16-18, 2022. Philadelphia, PA
IMMUNITY. Dancer and co-choreographer. Presented at Visions at Cannonball Festival. Sept. 2022. Philadelphia, PA
All the Truths We Cannot See: A Chernobyl Story. Dancer. US Premiere at USC Thornton School of Opera with Sibelius Academy, Helsinki. May 2022. Los Angeles, CA
Happy Hour. Dancer and co-choreographer. Almanac Dance Circus Theatre. Premiered at Fit Fest. Oct 2021. Philadelphia, PA
The Builder and the Dove. Performer and co-creator. Mister & Mischief. Presented by Skirball Cultural Center. Jan-March 2020. Los Angeles, CA
What is the World If I Am Removed? Dancer and choreographer. Presented at Home Grown at Mimoda. May 2018. Los Angeles, CA
Ascent. Dancer and choreographer. Premiered at HFF. July 2017. Los Angeles, CA
Leaps of Faith & Other Mistakes. Dancer and co-choreographer. Almanac Dance Circus
Theatre. Presented by Circus Now at NYU Skirball. Nov. 2017. New York, NY
Building. Dancer and co-choreographer. Presented by Links Hall. July 2016. Chicago, IL
Lessons in Human Development. Dancer and performer. Created by Precious Jennings. Jan. 2016. Chicago, IL
Hic Svnt Dracones. Dancer and performer. Created by K.J. Holmes. Dec. 2015. New York, NY
Communitas. Dancer and co-choreographer. Almanac Dance Circus Theatre. Presented by
New York Live Arts–Fresh Tracks. Dec. 2014. New York, NY
Education and Training
The Harmony Project, Culturally Responsive Pedagogies, 2022. Los Angeles, CA
Center for Cultural Innovation, Business of Art, 2021. Los Angeles, CA
Black Box Acting, Meisner, 2016. Chicago, IL
Headlong Performance Institute, Collaborative Performance and Design, 2011. Philadelphia, PA
Marymount Manhattan College, BA Theatre, 2008-12. New York, NY