Tom Truss

Tom Truss, performer/creator/educator toured with the Liz Lerman/Dance Exchange, was a community artist at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, ran his own dance company and taught at American Dance Festival. He has been published in Dance Magazine, Contact Quarterly, and was a frequent contributor to OutRightRadio an award winning radio show on PRI.  Tom has taught and performed in both hemispheres, and his work has been seen at the Kennedy Center, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, New Zealand’s Wellington Fringe, On the Boards, Dance Place and The Foundry to name a few, as well as in parking lots, rivers, fire escapes, furniture stores and cars.  Truss graduated Summa Cum Laude with an MFA in Acting from the University of Texas; an MFA in Choreography from the University of Iowa; and a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the College of Wooster. He is an AmSAT certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, and has completed Level 1 training in Internal Family Systems. Some awards Tom has received are Best Choreography - Austin Critics Table Awards (HAIR); Best Actor- Austin Critics Table Awards (The Idiot); New England New Works grant - NEFA; & an Artist Fellowship - MCC. Currently he is touring ReWritten, a multimedia evening length duet co-created with Matthew Cumbie about the intimate relationship between Herman Melville & Nathaniel Hawthorne, and a solo dance theatre show called Tell Me What You leaned Tuesday, a dark comedy about almost surviving growing up gay.