Katherine Nauman (she/her) is a Horton technique instructor, performer and arts administrator. She is on faculty at The Ailey School, Joffrey Ballet School, and STEPS on Broadway, and serves as the Engagement Project Manager for Bay-Area based AXIS Dance Company. Katherine previously taught for LINES Ballet/BFA at Dominican University and the LINES Ballet Summer and Training Programs and was the Director of the Alonzo King LINES Dance Center. While living in San Francisco she performed with Ray Tadio, SOULSKIN Dance and Mary Carbonara Dances.

Prior to her time in SF, Katherine trained, performed and taught in NYC. After graduating from The Ailey School, 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. 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.