Ty Boomershine

Ty Boomershine (b. 1968 USA) studied dance at the Fort Hayes School for the Performing Arts in Columbus, Ohio, completing his studies with a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. In New York he danced for Dan Wagoner, DANCENOISE, Gus Solomons Jr., Bill T. Jones, Ton Simons, Merce Cunningham repertory ensemble, and Lucinda Childs. In the Netherlands he worked with Rotterdam Dance Group, Karin Post, LeineRoebana, Giulia Mureddu, Emio Greco | PC, and Nicole Beutler. In 2009 he restaged and performed in Lucinda Childs’s iconic works “Dance” and “Available Light,” and in 2012 he performed as a featured soloist in the remounting and subsequent 4-year world tour of Robert Wilson and Philip Glass’s opera “Einstein on the Beach.”

He has been presenting his own choreographic works since 1993, at Movement Research and at Danspace Project in New York, as well as at OT301 and the Holland Festival in Amsterdam. Since 2007 he has acted as Lucinda Childs’s artistic assistant staging her works and assisting her on various projects around the world. He worked as rehearsal director and tour manager for Nicole Beutler / nbprojects and for Pere Faura. At ICKamsterdam, he undertook curatorial and organizational tasks as well as rehearsal management.

Ty has taught workshops and technique classes at professional companies, universities, and open studios throughout Asia, Europe, and the United States.

Ty Boomershine has been a member of the Dance On Ensemble since 2015 and is its Artistic Director since 2019.