Makisig Akin

Lives and works in Colorado and Berlin.
Makisig Akin (they/them) is a queer, trans Filipino dancer and choreographe.

Akin received an MFA from UCLA - University of California Los Angeles in 2019.

In the last three years Akin’s choreographic work has been presented internationally at Tanzfabrik Berlin Bühne, Uferstudios, Dock 11, Movement Research at the Judson, What You See Festival, OUTsider Fest, and Velocity among others. Intersectional identities and reconnecting with ancestral ideologies are central to their research. In 2021, Akin co-founded The Love Makers Company, a project-based dance company, with Anya Cloud. In 2025, Akin co-founded and co-directed Emerging Change Tanzfestival by and for QTBIPoC dance artists.

Akin regularly teaches internationally at festivals, workshops, and universities.Their teaching is integrally interconnected to their politics and creative research.

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