Dominic Moore-Dunson

Dominic Moore-Dunson, one of Dance Magazine’s 2023 “25 to Watch,” is an award-winning choreographer, professional dancer, producer, and teaching artist. Dominic is the co-owner of MooreDunson Co., a performing arts production company housing national touring arts + entertainment products and local arts community impact initiatives. MooreDunson Co. is committed to Urban Midwest Storytelling, a style of presentation capturing the juxtaposition between the beauty and hopelessness of humanity. 

Known for his community-centric approach, Dominic is a champion of community engagement in dance and entrepreneurship. 

Dominic’s work has earned him acclaim, including an Associate Artist at Atlantic Center for the Arts, the 2019 Cleveland Arts Prize’s Emerging Artist Award for Theatre & Dance, and a 2019 Fellow of The Ann & Weston Hicks Choreography Program at Jacob’s Pillow. He’s also deeply involved with the National Choreography Center-Akronas a Creative Research Residency Artist and Creative Administration Research Fellow.

A co-founder of the Akron Black Artist Guild, and graduate of National Arts Strategies’ Executive Program for Arts & Culture Strategies at the University of Pennsylvania, Dominic is a committed leader to the arts & culture sector nationally using his knowledge and skills as a choreographer to help the sector “move into action”.