Author, Choreographer, Dancer, Artist Scholar, and Educator
Artist Bio
Azaria Hogans is a freelance dancer, choreographer, artist-scholar, author and educator. She holds a M.F.A. in dance from Texas Woman’s University where she expanded her research on Black modern dance. Azaria received her B.A. in Spanish with minors in both dance and creative arts therapy (dance) at Georgia College. Azaria serves as the Manager of Resources and Archives and Board Member for kNOwBOX dance. Currently, Azaria is an Associate Professor at Missouri State University and covers an array of classes including contemporary, jazz, contact improvisation, dance history, composition, and West African dance forms. She has presented and performed works both nationally and internationally including Symposium on Performance of the African Diaspora as Social Change Conference, American College Dance Association (South-Central, South-East, and Central) conferences, World Dance Alliance Puebla, Mexico, Women in Dance Leadership Conference, UNT’s Gospel Meets Jazz, Sant’Agata Central Plaza, Sant’Agata, Italy, to name a few. In her passion for education, she has brought the art of dance to local schools including Putnam High school in Putnam, Georgia and Lee Elementary School in Denton, Texas through community outreach programs and residencies.
Azaria has published articles in the Journal of Dance Education in Practice (DEip), the Journal of Dance Education (JODE), Dance Teacher Magazine, Black Dance Magazine, and Dance Magazine. Most recently, Azaria has published her book "I Am Doing Great Things: A Guide to Conquering Imposter Syndrome for Creative Women 30 Day Workbook".
Artist Statement
As a choreographer focused in social awareness, I work to reach beyond the dance stage and also into communities and systems of learning. Dance is a vital art form that births meaningful discussion and ignites social, political, and economic change. I create works that embody and express pressing issues such as gender and racial equity through modern contemporary, post modern, and African diasporic modern styles.
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As a writer, I hope to inspire my readers with the same focus on social awareness. I hope to motivate my readers to be their best selves, think creatively, and take inspired action!