Angel Anderson is a performing artist, scholar, and educator from the south suburbs of Chicago. Encompassing various dance forms rooted in Africanist traditions, her movement archive includes street and club dance forms, modern and contemporary sensibilities, and neo-traditional African dances. Anderson is an alumna of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she obtained her BFA in Dance and BS in Psychology. Alongside performing as a principal dancer in Rennie Harris Puremovement, she鈥檚 assisted Harris in works such as 鈥淒ear Frankie鈥� set on Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, 鈥淔reedom鈥� set on the first-year students at The Juilliard School, and a new work in progress currently being set on Dayton Contemporary Dance Company. Committed to acquiring knowledge on the lineages of Black American dance forms, Anderson studies under Rennie Harris University and Ecole Des Sables via the Training Diaspora Africa program. Her focus on expanding her knowledge and developing her teaching pedagogy reflects a dedication to passing on African American traditions to future generations. Angel is excited to begin her graduate studies in the department of theater and dance at CU 麻豆影院.