Thryn Saxon
is a dancer, teacher, and director of her NYC based company SAXYN Dance Works. Thryn has performed with Sleep No More, Kate Weare Company, Helen Simoneau Danse and is currently in her first season with Doug Varone and Dancers. Thryn has created work for several schools, music videos, and dance films. She is also passionate about earth activism. Her first site-specific work entitled “Mother Tongue” was presented by NOoSPHERE Arts and CreateART at Kingsland Wildflowers as a part of the We Are Nature: Earth Ethics event for Climate Week NYC 2022. She also proudly works part-time at an eco-friendly essentials store in Astoria, NY. In addition dancing, teaching, and choreographing she acts as co-director with her mother Dale Andree of Homeport Art House, a rural dance residency in mid-coast Maine dedicated to art, community, and the environment. Saxon has been featured in interviews for DanceSpirit digital magazine, Arts Intercept, and {DIYdancer} Magazine. She also has extensive teaching experience at studios and universities including SUNY Purchase College where she is an adjunct professor, NYU, Gibney Dance Center, Peridance Capezio Center, Connecticut College, and Miami Arts Charter High School.
"The work was as multi-dimensional as womanhood itself, at once feral, regal, soft, mysterious, sensual, soulful, confident and strong." Jenn Passios, Arts Intercept
SAXYN Dance Works
SAXYN Dance Works led by choreographer and director Thryn Saxon is a dance company based in New York City committed to telling stories through dance that amplify women, expand the imagination, and sit deeply in vulnerability. Inspired by the vivacity and cross-cultural connections of her Miami roots, the geometric electricity of her home in NYC, and her love of theater and cinema, Saxon’s work investigates hope, power, sensuality, and effort. Collaboration is a vital component of the work and centers the ethos of the room, encouraging both communication and risk taking.
Founded in 2021 the company has been supported by residencies at The Baryshnikov Arts Center, The Croft in Horton Bay, MI, The Dragon’s Egg in Mystic, CT, Windhover Performing Arts Center in Rockport, MA, Peaceable Barn in Reading, CT, and Homeport Art House in South Thomaston, ME. Thryn’s work has been performed at venues such as 92Y, Arts on Site, The Gelsey Kirkland Theater, RADFest, The Perez Art Museum, Windhover Performing Art Center, Kingsland Wild Flowers. Commissions of her work include Marymount Manhattan and Miami Arts Charter High School.
Photos by Stephanie Crousillat.