Dylan Smythe

Dylan Smythe is a lover of rhythm, bodies, people, and movement. He strives to apply lessons learned as a student of music, dance, and bodywork towards moving through life’s difficult times instead of around, over, or away from them. Interest in play and improvisation has led him to learn from and work with creators such as Lily Kind as a member of the Wolfthicket ensemble, and with Lillian Ransijn in their 2019 work Good Grief! Following a decade-long passion studying the Afro-Brazilian art of capoeira, he continues teaching and training in queer-rooted Afro-diasporic social dance styles, including House and Waacking, alongside making and performing in contemporary dance-theater works in Philadelphia.