Rece Komorn

Bio
As an artist, my practice is deeply influenced by dance-making and interdisciplinary dialogues. I explore the concept of a queer (non)ontology through an ontological suspension, which involves pausing fixity to radically reimagine the possibilities of presence. This approach views existence as highly relational and unresolved, directly challenging the conventional demand to “be.” Moving through the dialectic of legibility and opacity, I propose translucency as an everyday condition that mirrors a (non)ontology. My research also investigates the boundary between the fleeting and the static. By examining concepts of capture, framing, and orientation in relation to the moving body, I question the productive tension between choreography as a structural fixer of movement and counter-choreography as a threshold that facilitates abstraction, improvisation, and anti-hegemonic action. This ongoing research anchors my recent works, including the performance installation DAYS I SPEND ON THE EDGE OF DISAPPEARING: A Labor of Staying (2026), an evening-length duet lithographs (2025), and my debut evening-length project, Untitled (2024).

Why Performance Studies?
I am deeply drawn to the cross-pollination of ideas and mediums made possible by NYU’s Performance Studies program. I see it as the ideal space to challenge my artistic boundaries while sharpening a distinct theoretical voice.

Education
Bennington College, MFA in Dance 
University of the Arts, BFA in Dance