BRIAN LAWSON is a dance performer and educator who began dancing in Toronto, Canada. He earned his B.F.A. in dance at SUNY Purchase and performed with Douglas Dunn and Dancers and the Mark Morris Dance Group while studying. He graduated summa cum laude in 2010 and went on to work with Pam Tanowitz Dance and Dance Heginbotham before joining the Mark Morris Dance Group from 2011-18 Brian left MMDG to earn his M.F.A. from the University of Washington, where he graduated in 2020. He served on the faculty of Cornish College of the Arts and has given masterclasses at Purchase College, New York University Tisch School of the Arts, and the American Dance Festival, among others. Currently, he serves as an assistant professor at Skidmore College. He continues to perform with Pam Tanowitz Dance and MMDG and has shown his own choreographic works across the US.