TORAN XAVIER MOORE

Choreographer

Toran is a southern native/LA creative who can often be found as an arts administrator, stage manager, producer and choreographer. As a dance artist, Moore’s career highlights include performing with the Eclectic Dance Company, sharing his step tradition with youth in Oahu at the Queen Lili‘uokalani Trust’s ‘Ōlino Arts Program and lead choreographer (Try/Step/Trip) and now choreographer with Odyssey Theatre ensemble’s SoCal Premiere of Kill Move Paradise. As producer and creative manager, Moore has worked in and with theaters internationally, including Terra Kulture, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, CalArts Center for New Performance, The Kennedy Center, and many others he’s grateful to have shared space in. When not dancing, Toran serves as the director of programs for The International Association of Blacks in Dance. Moore holds degrees from California Institute of the Arts (MFA) and Alabama State University (BA).