Houston Contemporary Dance Company is commissioning choreographer Keerati Jinakunwiphat to create a new duet to premiere this April, 2021. Read more about her below!

Keerati Jinakunwiphat, originally from Chicago, IL., is a Thai American dancer and choreographer. She received her BFA from the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase and was a recipient of the Adopt-A- Dancer Scholarship. She has additionally studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, and Springboard Danse Montreal. She has worked with and performed works of artists such as Kyle Abraham, Nicole von Arx, Trisha Brown, Jasmine Ellis, Shannon Gillen, Andrea Miller, Kevin Wynn, and Doug Varone. Keerati began working with Abraham.In.Motion in 2016. She has additionally assisted Kyle Abraham in new commissioned work for New York City Ballet and Paul Taylor Dance Company. As a freelance choreographer, Keerati has presented her own choreographic works at the American Dance Guild Festival, Triskellion Arts, Dixon Place, Dance Gallery Festival, and the Joyce Theater. She has been commissioned to set and create works on the Evanston Dance Ensemble, the Martha Graham School, SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Dance, and Kyle Abraham/A.I.M. She recently was name a 25 to watch by Dance Magazine.