Cas Burns | Director of Operations & Research

Cas Burns is a Boston-based multimedia dance artist. Their work lives within the intersection of dance and technology, manifesting as choreography, experimental film, production design, photography, graphic design, written scholarship, and combinations therein. Cas holds an MFA in Choreography & Performance from SUNY Brockport, where they were awarded Outstanding Graduate Student in the Department of Dance. They also received the Distinguished Professor Award for Graduate Student Research in support of their masters thesis project on the integration of video technology into live dance performance and its resulting impact on perceived dancer agency. Always eager to bring their creative practice into the classroom, Cas has served on faculty at Wells College and SUNY Brockport, where they’ve taught courses in dance on camera, contemporary modern technique, and dance history, among other topics.

In addition to their MFA, Cas also holds a BS in Mathematics from Tufts University, and they have recently returned to Tufts to pursue their MS in Human Factors Engineering. While initially having joined Urbanity as their Education Manager in 2021, Cas is grateful for the opportunities they’ve since been given to grow within the organization and to combine their passion for dance education with their interests in user experience research and data analysis.

cas@urbanitydance.org