Katherine Nauman is a Horton technique instructor, performer and arts administrator. During her 12 years in San Francisco she taught at: UC Berkeley, SF State University, CSU Summer Arts, Alonzo King LINES Dance Center, and Shawl-Anderson Dance Center. Katherine is currently an adjunct assistant professor for LINES Ballet/BFA at Dominican University, serves on faculty for the LINES Ballet Summer program, and is a guest teacher for the the El Cerrito HS Dance Program. She worked as Rehearsal and Engagement Director for AXIS Dance Company, was Director of the Alonzo King LINES Dance Center, and a founding member and General Manager for SOULSKIN Dance. In the Bay Area she has performed with Ray Tadio, SOULSKIN Dance and Mary Carbonara Dances. Prior to living in CA, Katherine trained, performed and taught in New York City. She was teaching and choreographic assistant to Horton master teachers Milton Myers and JoLea Maffei, and taught at Juilliard, LaGuardia High School, The Ailey School and STEPS, among others. Katherine has toured internationally as both Horton teacher and performer at festivals such as: Jacob's Pillow (MA), Internationale Tanz-Wochen Wien (Austria), Vortex Jazz Congress (Moscow, Russia) and Summer Arts at California State University Monterey Bay. In NYC she danced for companies including: Stanley Love Performance Group, bopi's black sheep/dances by kraig patterson, Maffei Dance Company, Glen Rumsey Dance Project and Makram Hamdan Dance Company. Katherine is a graduate of the Ailey School, NYC.