Anson Zwingelberg is a South Carolina–based dance artist and educator who performs internationally and works in teaching and arts leadership.
Since 2024, Anson has performed with Pam Tanowitz Dance. His work with the company includes Pastoral, which premiered at Bard SummerScape and was named among The New York Times Best Dance Performances of 2025, as well as new works presented at the Royal Opera House through Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels, the Palais Garnier 150th Anniversary Season with the Paris Opera, Lincoln Center, and Opera Philadelphia.
Anson is an authorized instructor of Cunningham Technique® through the Merce Cunningham Trust and completed the Trust’s inaugural teacher-training program in 2024. He was invited to perform in the Merce Cunningham Centennial’s Night of 100 Solos at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, a large-scale international project honoring Cunningham’s repertory that received the 2019 Bessie Award for Outstanding Performance. His teaching practice includes Cunningham Technique® alongside ballet, modern and contemporary technique, improvisation, and conditioning.
Previously, Anson danced with Charlotte Ballet, including appearances at Jacob’s Pillow’s Inside/Out, Ballet West’s National Choreographic Festival, and the Chautauqua Institution. During his time with the company, he was nominated by Artistic Director Hope Muir for the Princess Grace Dance Fellowship. His freelance career also includes work with New York–based ZviDance as well as New York Theatre Ballet, performing in premieres presented at New York Live Arts and at the American Dance Festival in Durham, NC.
Anson began his dance training in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, at Coastal Dance Centre under Liza Mata. He continued his training at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, studying with Stanislav Issaev, Josée Garant, and Sandra Neels (Merce Cunningham Dance Company, 1963–73).
He earned his BFA in Dance from The Juilliard School in 2017 and appeared in two consecutive Guggenheim Works & Process programs showcasing works in development. He also trained at Springboard Danse and intensively with the Merce Cunningham Trust.
Alongside his performance career, Anson is actively engaged in dance education and arts leadership across South Carolina. He is on faculty at Coastal Carolina University, works closely with Coastal Dance Centre, and serves on the board of Coastal Youth Ballet Theatre. Through teaching, mentorship, and artistic leadership, he supports dancers at a range of stages, offering rigorous training and informed professional perspective grounded in current performance practice.
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2026
Pastoral – Lincoln Center
2025
The Seasons – Opera Philadelphia
Gala lyrique Anthony Roth Costanzo – Palais Garnier *premiere
Pastoral – SummerScape, Fisher Center at Bard College *premiere
Neither Drums Nor Trumpets – The Royal Opera House*premiere
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2023
MIGRATIONS – New York Live Arts, American Dance Festival *premiere
2021
The Art of Fugue – New York Live Arts *premiere
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2020
Dispersal – Chris Stewart *premiere
2019
Leonce & Lena – Christian Spuck
IN Cognito – Helen Pickett *premiere
Let Be – Peter Chu *premiere
2018
Fancy Free – Jerome Robbins
Petite Cérémonie – Medhi Walerski
When Breath Becomes Air – Bryan Arias *premiere
Stepping Over – Filipe Portugal *premiere
The Most Incredible Thing – Javier de Frutos *principal role
To Clear – Robyn Minkeo-Williams *premiere
Redbird – Myles Thatcher *premiere
2017
Walking Mad – Johan Inger
Elsa Canasta – Javier de Frutos
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2022
Bewildered – Richard Alston *premiere
Scramble – Merce Cunningham
There and Back Again – Nicolo Fonte
Cinderella – Donald Mahler
The Nutcracker – Keith Michael
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2019
Night of 100 Solos – Brooklyn Academy of Music *premiere
2017
Sounddance
2016
TV Rerun
Spring Weather and People
2015
CRWDSPCR
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2022 - The Metropolitan Opera House
Swan Lake – American Ballet Theatre
2016 - Springboard Danse Montréal
Paradoxe Mélodie – Le Carré des Lombes *premiere
PEEL – Spenser Theberge *premiere
2015 - Springboard Danse Montréal
Guncotton – Banning Bouldin *premiere
Untitled -Fernando Melo *premiere
In addition to his artistic training, Anson held several leadership and teaching roles at Juilliard. He was a Juilliard BFA Audition Demonstrator and Moderator (2015, 2016, 2017), he served as Head Resident Assistant and Teacher’s Assistant for the Juilliard Dance Summer Intensive (2014, 2015, 2016), a Juilliard Colloquium Peer Mentor (2014–2015), an Orientation Leader (2016), and a Diversity Advocate (2014–2015).
