Alyssa
Brutlag.


ALYSSA BRUTLAG
choreographer. teacher. dancer.
Alyssa Brutlag is an award-winning choreographer, dancer, teacher, and fitness instructor based in Chicago. She received her BFA in Dance from Western Michigan University. In 2018 she received the Maggie Allesee Choreography Award for her solo Do Us Part. Alyssa’s work has since been commissioned by students at Western Michigan University, Contexture Dance Detroit, and the Young Dancers Initiative. She worked as lead choreographer for the Croswell Theater’s production of The Prom and she served as the assistant choreographer for Curtain Up! on Broadway by Jean Ann Ryan Productions. Her other choreographic work has been presented at venues such as Western Michigan University, Gibney in New York City, ACDA East-Central Regional Conference, Boston Contemporary Dance Festival, Detroit Dance City Festival, 12 Minutes Max in Seattle, RAD Fest in Kalamazoo, Dance Shorts: College Film Festival at Arizona State University, UDA High School Nationals, NDA College Nationals, and has been supported by The Arts Commission. As a performer, she has been featured in Oliver Hazard’s “Ballerina” music video, performed with the Pat Graney Dance Company, Western Dance Project, and continues to perform her own repertoire around the country. Alyssa also teaches Dance Church and is a STOTT Pilates instructor.
Artistic Statement
I am a visceral thinker. My choreography pulls from my extensive curiosity and manifests with character, power, and vulnerability. Musicality drives my work to define a dynamic structure and groove. I approach creation as a communicative study, taking movements from naturalistic forms such as body language and pantomime and abstracting into an eclectic movement vocabulary. By providing a natural base to my movement, my work becomes an expression of the human experience. I create because I believe a powerful statement backed by an audience connection creates a vessel for deeper meaning and change - ultimately choreographing the act of coming together.
