Tiffany Rhynard is an artist, dancer, and filmmaker. She creates work that examines the complexity of human behavior and addresses current social issues. Having created numerous works for stage and screen, Rhynard’s choreography, dance films, and documentaries have been presented nationwide and internationally.

Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America - Tiffany Rhynard

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Her dance films screened at festivals, including Dancing for the Camera at the American Dance Festival. Her short film, Invisible Queens, won First Prize at ScreenDance Miami.

Rhynard’s award winning documentary, Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America, is sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). It was honored with the Social Justice Film Award from the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Freedom Award from Outfest Film Festival.

Her dance documentary short, Black Stains, was created in collaboration with Trent D. Williams, Jr.. It explores black male identity in the United States. A Right to Kill questions the ethics of capital punishment.

A cross-disciplinary artist, Rhynard has worked with esteemed collaborators. Choreographer Christal Brown, internationally renowned composer Lei Liang, real-time digital media artist Marlon Barrios Solano, and mezzo-soprano Sahoko Sato Timpone are some of them.

As a performer, Rhynard has danced for choreographers including Gerri Houlihan, Laura Dean Dancers and Musicians, and Chavasse Dance and Performance Group. She has taught at colleges and universities throughout the country. She is an Associate Professor in the School of Dance at Florida State University.