Tiffanie Carson
Assistant Director / Dancer
Tiffanie Carson (she/her) is an educator, mentor and performance artist. She earned her MFA in Dance from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and BFA in Dance Performance at Chapman University. She is currently an Auxiliary Adjunct Assistant Professor and has been teaching at the Conservatory at Shenandoah University (SU) for the past ten years offering technique classes focusing on contemporary within commercial styles as well as commercial industry styles classes to both dance and musical theater majors. Tiffanie is also instrumental in guiding senior BFA and BA capstone performance projects as well as choreographing annually for the faculty concerts. She has choreographed over 27 premieres on the Shenandoah Conservatory dance ensemble. In May 2020, Tiffanie was awarded the Transformative Teaching Award (formerly known as the Exemplary Teacher Award). The recipient of this award is an instructor whose teaching embodies SU’s Mission Statement and Core Values. In addition to teaching at SU, Tiffanie is also part of the adjunct faculty at Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University teaching contemporary within commercial styles.
Tiffanie has presented works at the 2016, 2018, and 2024 New York Jazz Choreography Dance Project at the KnJ Theater at the Peridance Center in New York, the 2016 VelocityDC Dance Festival at Sidney Harman Hall in Washington, DC, the 2017 34th & 2020 37th Annual Choreographers’ Showcase at the Dance Theatre in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park, MD, the 2017 Pushing Progress Series at the Salvatore Capezio Theater in New York as well as the 2020 American College Dance Association Gala Concert at the Kay Theatre Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park, MD.
In addition to her work in academia Tiffanie is in her 12th season as company dancer and Assistant Director for Christopher K. Morgan & Artists (CKM&A) directed by Christopher K. Morgan, and is a longtime company member of 16 years for BARE Dance Company directed by Mike Esperanza in New York City.
With CKM&A, Tiffanie has performed at the Millennium Stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Sidney Harman Hall, as well as The Alden Theatre in McLean, VA. She has also traveled across the United States on a nine city tour as Rehearsal Director and member of the creative team for Pōhaku. From her performance of Christopher Morgan’s solo work Selling Out, Tiffanie has been described as a “very talented dancer” by IsItModern? and Carmel Morgan of CriticalDance wrote, "[she was] absolutely ripping the solo to shreds." Tiffanie's choreography has also garnered praise from Ms. Carmel Morgan, who described Tiffanie as having achieved "a choreographic home run” for her 2014 work, Deprivation. Ms. Morgan also stated of Carson's 2018 work, "B.U.G. [Backlight. Uplight. Glare.] is another certified hit for Carson, and it would be a smart move for companies to commission her choreography." Tiffanie has conducted CKM&A's annual winter and summer intensives as well as numerous residencies at universities and colleges, with Mr. Morgan.
Always on the move, Tiffanie feels extremely privileged to be welcomed as a guest artist at colleges, universities and private studios across the US and internationally sharing her knowledge and experiences hoping to inspire the next generation of artists.