MALIK BURNETT

Malik Burnett, a Washington, DC native, is an arts manager, dancer, and currently the Assistant Manager of Dance Programming at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Burnett previously served as a Dance Coordinator for the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission—in which he developed a dance program for youth ages two through twelve. His dance career has spanned from performing in the Merce Cunningham Trust’s MinEvent as a part of the Cunningham Centennial Celebration, in addition to being a member of Maurya Kerr’s tinypistol. He has worked with and performed works by Tariq O’Meally, Britta Joy Peterson, Juel D. Lane, Shen Wei, Helen Pickett, Robyn Mineko Williams, just to name a few. He has studied at The Washington School of Ballet, The Ailey School, Alonzo King Lines Ballet, BODYTRAFFIC and Sidra Bell Module. Burnett holds a BFA in Dance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and an MA in Arts Management from American University.