Randall Anthony Smith

Randall Anthony Smith is a performer, choreographer, educator, and répétiteur whose practice spans original ensemble work and the transmission of modern dance repertory. Smith earned an MFA in Dance from the University of California, Irvine, and has performed with Armitage Gone! Dance and Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre. His choreographic works include *R.A.I.N.B.O.W. (Remember All Individuals Need Blessings Over War)*, *Agape's Touch: Beyond Earthly Attachment*, *Gambit of Humanity*, *Fragments*, *Between*, and *Within...*—works structured in titled movements with distinct choreographic, musical, costume, and lighting credits that reflect his approach to collaborative dance theatre.

Smith's work extends into theatrical narrative forms. In 2018, he choreographed a production of *for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf* at Muhlenberg College, bringing his dramaturgical sensibility to a canonical text. This practice of working across genre and scale demonstrates his range as a maker.

Central to Smith's current work is his long-term engagement with Donald McKayle's repertory. He has restaged McKayle's *The Fight* for American Dance Machine for the 21st Century and staged and performed the *Langston Hughes Suite* for Arganova Dance. Through this work as répétiteur, Smith serves as a keeper and interpreter of McKayle's choreographic legacy, maintaining these works in active performance and teaching contexts.