Tanniqua-Kay Buchanan

Tanniqua-Kay Buchanan, MUPP (She/Her), is a First Generation Jamaican-American mover, maker, choreographer, and urban planner whose work bridges arts, movement, and urban planning. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Theater with a Dance focus and a minor in Community Planning (Kansas State University), where her research explored the Black Dancing Body through color theory and social experimentation. Tanniqua-Kay received her Master's in Urban Planning and Policy (University of Illinois at Chicago), focusing on spatial planning and how cities can be shaped by human movement and dance. Her research in Movement and Urban Form—an improvisational dance/design technique, and movement-informed methods—explores the integration of movement practices into place, revealing the connection between body, space, and community.

 

Throughout her career, she has collaborated with numerous Chicago-based organizations in roles spanning dance education, dramaturgy, and choreography. Her dance films have been showcased in festivals like: Sarah Lawrence College and The Culture Lab (New York), a Finalist at the Outlet Dance Project (New Jersey), and the Greensboro Dance Film Festival. Tanniqua-Kay is committed to creating intersectional and interdisciplinary, community-focused art. Currently she is a Community Streets Administrator (DOTI) and a MFA candidate in Dance from CU Boulder.

 

For more info, click here.