Teacher

Ryan Rouland Smith

Ryan Rouland Smith hails from Colorado, where he received his training at the Denver School of the Arts. In 2013 Smith graduated Cum Laude from Virginia Commonwealth University with a BFA in Dance and Choreography. While a student at the American Dance Festival, he had the opportunity of working with John Jasperse, Reggie Wilson, and performed in the first reconstruction of Bill T. Jones’ Love Redefined . Smith had the pleasure of joining Kate Weare company in 2014 performing in and originating roles in such works as Dark Lark , Unstruck , Marksman and Praise . Smith has performed in Stefanie Batten Bland’s Look Who is Coming to Dinner and the collaborative process between Kate Weare and ODC leading to Up for Air / Decameron . Smith joined ODC/Dance from 2021-2025. While there he had the pleasure of dancing and originating works by Sidra Bell, Mia J. Chong, Sonya Delwaide, Catherine Galasso, KT Nelson, Dexandro Montalvo, Kimi Okada, Amy Seiwart and Brenda Way. Ryan Rouland Smith is currently a freelance artist collaborating with Sharp & Fine, Mark Foehringer Dance Project | SF, as well as self producing.