Victoria Awkward
Dance Teaching Artist
Victoria Lynn Awkward is a multi-hyphenate creator, administrator, educator and the Director of VLA DANCE. Through her work she aims to inspire people to pause and reflect on their actions towards themselves, their community, and their environment. She pursued her multiple interests at Goucher College, and graduated with high honors in Dance, Visual Art and Education. Alongside directing VLA DANCE, Victoria is a freelance artist, who most recently choreographed The Boy Who Kissed the Sky with Company One Theatre, Bluebeard’s Castle, and Romeo and Juliet with Boston Lyric Opera and Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. Victoria is also an educator having worked at Salem State University, Brown University, West End House, Middlesex School, and Urbanity Dance. She continues to deepen her teaching practices as a mentee with the Midday Movement Series. Victoria is currently a Brother Thomas Fellow, and recipient of the Next Steps for Boston Grant Program as well as a recipient of the Queer (Re)public Theater Offensive Residency. Ultimately, she utilizes creative practices to claim joy and love of her existence as a Queer Black Woman, and inspires others to thoughtfully own their respective identities. Victoria joined the Dance in the Schools team in 2023.
