Ajani Brannum is an undisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles. He has worked with a range of choreographers and performance-makers, including Miguel Gutierrez, Deborah Hay, Will Rawls, and Elliot Reed. He has shared performances, workshops, and lectures at REDCAT, ODC, Human Resources Los Angeles, Materials & Applications, Highways Performance Space, Los Angeles Performance Practice, in classrooms, on tabletops and screens, and when no one is looking. Born in Anchorage, Alaska, he holds an AB in English and a Certificate in Dance from Princeton University, and a PhD in Culture and Performance from UCLA.