Catherine (Kayt) MacMaster

Kayt MacMaster is a dancer, choreographer, educator and scholar. Born and raised in rural Northeastern Michigan, she spent her early career in New York City dancing with artists such as K.J. Holmes, Johanna Stephens Meyer, Pat Catterson, Yoshiko Chuma, Stacy Grossfield, Julie Atlas Muz, Tuva Hildebrand, Molly Mingey and Bread and Puppet Theater. Her choreography has been presented nationally and internationally at venues including Arts on Site, Brooklyn Arts Exchange and Dixon Place in New York City; Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Champaign, Illinois; MARSH and The Space Station in St. Louis; RADFest in Kalamazoo, Michigan; and the Dagara Music and Arts Center in Medie, Ghana.

MacMaster has worked collaboratively with the Duende School of Ensemble Physical Theatre in Greece, the OBRA Theater Company in France and the Saakumu Dance Troupe in Ghana. She earned an MFA in dance with a minor in heritage studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she performed in works choreographed by Tere O’Connor, Cynthia Oliver, Sara Hook and Rachel Rizzuto. MacMaster is the current director of dance at Alma College and continues to develop and tour site-specific solo performances in addition to choreographing works for student and professional dancers.

Educational Background:

• BFA, Oakland University (2012)
• MSEd, Hunter College (2019)
• MFA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2022)