ABOUT
Taryn Brown, nee Packheiser, was born in central Illinois. She performed children's theater, took gymnastics and violin lessons, and was taught to appreciate performing arts from a young age. Brown became a dance team member and cheerleader in middle/high school, and chose to study and earn a BFA in Contemporary Dance at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She then lived in New York City and worked professionally with hip hop (Urban Impact) and modern dance (Elinor Coleman) companies, while producing her own work. Taryn also spent a lot of time watching her friends and roommates do stand-up, sketch, and improvisational comedy in NYC. After New York, she attended the University of Colorado at Boulder in the MFA Choreography and Performance track. At CU, she started to incorporate performance art and multimedia into her artwork. Taryn has taught movement-based courses at St. Mary's College of Maryland, Shelton State Community College, Iowa State University, and the National University of Costa Rica (among others).
Since 2016, she has shifted from full emphasis on dancing performance, and teaching in academia, into an expansion into film, television, and general media creative and production. Her work spans from editing to acting, writing to directing, and producing for small indie projects.
She currently works in film, dance, comedy, and writing.
Since 2016, she has shifted from full emphasis on dancing performance, and teaching in academia, into an expansion into film, television, and general media creative and production. Her work spans from editing to acting, writing to directing, and producing for small indie projects.
She currently works in film, dance, comedy, and writing.
NOTABLE POSITIONS
PHOCUS Video Communications (2017-Present)
- Script writer, sound technician, camera and teleprompter operator
- Department of Theater, Film, and Media Studies
- Stock footage research, script writing, storyboard development, videography, sound recording, audio editing, and video editing for the U.S. Navy and NAVAIR
- Fine Arts Faculty
- Department of Kinesiology and Performing Arts Faculty
MULTIMEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
Sound Designer at St. Mary's College of Maryland (2017)
Writer at DC Dance Journalism Project (2016-2017)
Marketing and PR Director for the SARUS Festival for Site-Specific and Experimental Art (2015-2016)
Radio Show Host at 88.5 KURE FM: Ames Alternative (2010-2011)
Co-Director of FY2 evening length multimedia performance art with Will Schneider in the IOWA FRINGE FESTIVAL (2007)
Writer at DC Dance Journalism Project (2016-2017)
Marketing and PR Director for the SARUS Festival for Site-Specific and Experimental Art (2015-2016)
Radio Show Host at 88.5 KURE FM: Ames Alternative (2010-2011)
Co-Director of FY2 evening length multimedia performance art with Will Schneider in the IOWA FRINGE FESTIVAL (2007)
AWARDS
Maryland State Arts Council Solo Artist/Choreography Award: St. Mary's County, MD
National Endowment for the Arts via Sanspointe Dance Company: Birmingham, AL
Alabama State Council on the Arts via Sanspointe Dance Company: Birmingham, AL
Iowa Arts Council Award via Hurley & Dancers: Ames, IA
Charlotte York Irey Scholarship Award: Boulder, CO
Enrollment Enhancement Fellowship: Boulder, CO
Semans Art Fund Grant: Winston-Salem, NC
National Endowment for the Arts via Sanspointe Dance Company: Birmingham, AL
Alabama State Council on the Arts via Sanspointe Dance Company: Birmingham, AL
Iowa Arts Council Award via Hurley & Dancers: Ames, IA
Charlotte York Irey Scholarship Award: Boulder, CO
Enrollment Enhancement Fellowship: Boulder, CO
Semans Art Fund Grant: Winston-Salem, NC
TALENT REP
Dr. Sheri Bias, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Agency Owner - LIQUID TALENT
Bias@LiquidTalentGroup.com
804.325.1999
757.593.8499
TWITTER: @LiquidTalentVA
Agency Owner - LIQUID TALENT
Bias@LiquidTalentGroup.com
804.325.1999
757.593.8499
TWITTER: @LiquidTalentVA
OTHER INQUIRIES
tarbroarts@gmail.com