Propelled Animals

Founded in 2014, Propelled Animals is a group of artists, dancers, scholars, musicians, and designers who embed innovative and provocative art in unconventional spaces. Our work is centered on art as social action and ritual as performance. The Propelled Animals have presented work nationally and internationally including site-specific performances at: University of Iowa and Englert Theater (Iowa City, IA); University of Northern Iowa (Cedar Falls, IA); Wassaic Project (Wassaic, NY); Grinnell College (Grinnell, IA); Lynden Sculpture Garden (Milwaukee, WI); Pivot Arts Festival (Chicago, IL); Kelly Strayhorn Theater (Pittsburgh, PA); The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education (Philadelphia, PA); Philadelphia Contemporary (Philadelphia, PA); Trade School: Philly + Detroit (Philadelphia, PA), University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX); “La Ville En Mouv’ment” les arts dans la rue (Ouakam, Senegal); Palm Festival, (Palmarin, Senegal). We are recipients of a MAP Fund grant, Frank-Ratchye Further Fund, National Performance Network (NPN), USArtists International through the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Iowa Arts Council, and he Puffin Foundation.We are recent International LabX-change artists-in-residence at High Concept Labs (Chicago, IL). We are currently incubated artists with Headlong Studios (Philadelphia, PA).