André Zachery

André M. Zachery, artistic director of the Brooklyn-based Renegade Performance Group, is an interdisciplinary artist, scholar, researcher, and technologist with a BFA from Ailey/Fordham University and an MFA in Performance & Interactive Media Arts from CUNY/Brooklyn College. His practice, research, and community engagement are artistically focused on merging choreography, technology, and Black/African Diaspora cultural practices through multimedia work. His works have been presented domestically and internationally, receiving support
through several residencies, awards, and commissions. André is a 2016 New York Foundation for the Arts Gregory Millard Fellow in Choreography, a 2019 Jerome Hill Foundation Fellow in
Choreography, and a 2025 Strokes of Genius Fellow from Black Genius Foundation. He is currently an Associate Arts Professor at the Tisch School of the Arts in the Dance Department at New York University.

Since founding RPG in 2007, André has presented work both domestically and internationally, with acclaimed press from publications such as the Brooklyn Rail, The New Yorker, and The New York Times.

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