Annalee Traylor

Annalee Traylor is a creator, choreographer, director, and educator. Her creative research lives at the intersection of theatre and dance, devising interdisciplinary performances that deeply engage with the human experience.

Traylor’s creations have been commissioned and performed across the United States and internationally, reaching audiences in Los Angeles, New York City, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Italy, Portugal, and the Netherlands, among others. Her work has been supported by The Goat Farm, Dance Lab NY, the UNCSA Choreographic Institute, Highways Performance Space, Kennesaw State University, The Dance Gallery Festival, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, and Emory University, where she was the 2023/24 inaugural Emory Arts Fellow in Dance. She has created original works with Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Terminus Modern Ballet Theater, Kit Modus, Texture Contemporary Ballet, Periapsis Music and Dance, among others. 

 A founding member of Pittsburgh's August Wilson Center Dance Ensemble (top 25 to watch, Dance Magazine), she has had the honor of working with some of the most illustrious choreographers of our time, including Kyle Abraham, Robert Battle, Sidra Bell, Camille A. Brown, Christopher Huggins, Kevin Iega Jeff, and Darrell Grand Moultrie. Her performance career also led her to work with No)one Art House, BrockusRED, Clairobscur Dance, C. Eule Dance, Pennington Dance Group, and slowdanger, among others. Some of her guest teaching credits include UNCSA Summer Dance, Reinhardt University, Core Dance, CalArts, Carnegie Mellon University, Sam Houston State University, Point Park University, Dekalb School of the Arts, The Creative and Performing Arts High School (Pittsburgh), and the virtual international dance school, Ballet Together.

Traylor is a high school graduate of UNCSA, received her BFA from Point Park University and MFA in Choreography from the California Institute of the Arts. She is also a certified Pilates instructor through Romana's Pilates.