Brandon Cournay is a YPAD Certified, Brooklyn-based dancer, choreographer, teacher,
and entrepreneur who is originally from Walled Lake, MI, and received his BFA from
The Juilliard School. He is currently the Executive Artistic Director of Dance Device
Lab and a dancer with the Mark Morris Dance Group.
Brandon has performed in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular and with The Metropolitan
Opera Ballet, Morphoses, New York Theatre Ballet, The Chase Brock Experience, Schoen
Movement Company, Dance Heginbotham, and KEIGWIN + COMPANY (2010-2018). TV/Film/industrial
credits include PBS’ Great Performances, Musical Chairs (HBO), Puma, Sesame Street,
and Target.
He has been an Associate Choreographer / Rehearsal Director for Larry Keigwin, Josh
Prince, John Heginbotham, Chase Brock, Cherice Barton, Sydney Skybetter and has assisted
on numerous creative projects in theatre, TV, film, and dance.
Brandon is a sought-after choreographer and educator, whose work has been commissioned
by Works and Process at the Guggenheim and for music videos, stage productions, and
universities nationwide. He has a passion for teaching all ages, abilities, and communities.
Brandon is a teacher of Dance for PD® which offers free, specialized dance classes
to people with Parkinson’s Disease around the world. He was honored to teach throughout
Africa with DanceMotion USA, an artistic cultural exchange program developed by the
US State Department and produced by Brooklyn Academy of Music.
He has worked with The Juilliard School, The Pennsylvania Ballet, UNCSA, Whim W’Him,
Montclair State University, Marymount Manhattan College, Rutgers University, Barnard
College, Southeast Missouri State University, and scores of universities, dance studios,
and conventions.
Offstage, he has held administrative positions with multiple companies with roles
varying from producing, curating, and company management. During his time with KEIGWIN
+ COMPANY, he became Rehearsal Director and Company Manager in 2015, Associate Artistic
Director in 2017, and Managing Director in 2018. Brandon is a Founding Board Member
of N-Squared Dance.
Brandon is the Founder and Executive Artistic Director of Dance Device Lab (DDL).
DDL produces student-focused, interactive, and engaging workshops at dance studios
nationwide. DDL’s mission is to encourage creative thinking and risk-taking by creating
a positive and encouraging space for young artists. All DDL events provide tools that
are valuable to dancers as both artists and citizens that are transferable to both
inside and outside of the studio.
Using his career as inspiration and DDL as a vessel, Brandon bridges the gap between
the concert and commercial worlds of dance.
Education
B.F.A.The Juilliard School