Cameron McKinney, the Artistic Director of Kizuna Dance, is a New York City-based choreographer and educator. His work has been supported by fellowships from the Alvin Ailey Foundation and the Asian Cultural Council, and his work has been presented in thirteen states and three countries. In addition to commissions for new works from The Dance Gallery Festival, Men in Dance Festival, The Thacher School, Periapsis Music and Dance, Peridance Capezio Center, and SUNY Brockport in 2018, he also has received commissions to create original works twice from the Joffrey Ballet School, twice from the Let’s Dance International Frontiers Festival, and from Long Island University Brooklyn, among several others. He is currently on faculty at Gibney Dance Center.