Camryn Stafford, a Dallas native based in New York City, is a dancer, choreographer, educator, and artistic producer. She began her training at Dallas Black Dance Academy and Booker T. Washington HSPVA before studying at Princeton University, where she worked with artists including Netta Yerushalmy, Christopher Ralph, Peter Chu, Francesca Harper, Urban Bush Women, and Ronald K. Brown. Stafford’s undergraduate senior thesis, There She Is, earned the Toni Morrison Prize, the Outstanding Creative Work award, and recognition from Dr. Brenda Dixon Gottschild, with support from the Peter B. Lewis, Mellor, and Mallach Funds.
In 2017, Stafford founded Turning Tables Inc., a non-profit organization committed to challenging discriminatory practices in dance and increasing diversity in the field. Through Turning Tables, she has provided platforms for dancers to address topics of diversity and inclusion, offered dance classes to underrepresented youth at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Dallas, and supported aspiring dancers through summer intensives and scholarships.
She has trained at leading institutions such as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Gibney, Joffrey Ballet School, and B12. She is a teaching artist with the Misty Copeland Foundation and Dancewave. Her choreography has been presented and produced at McCarter Theatre Center, Arts On Site, Mignolo Arts Center, GIBNEY dance, and Creature Space NYC among others. She was named a Moving Forward Choreographic Fellow in 2023 and a 2024–2025 CUNY Dance Initiative Choreographer in Residence.
Known for her unique approach, Stafford engages audiences through visceral and dynamic movement, scene-setting storytelling, and a profound connection between the dancers and the audience.
