Marguerite Waller 

Marguerite Waller principal dancer of Rennie Harris Puremovement American Street Dance Theater, is a dancer, choreographer, and teaching artist born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. Heavily involved in the local hip hop community, she pulls from various dance forms, such as Waacking, House, Locking, Breaking, Hip Hop, Postmodern Contemporary, and Tap, in her performance work, choreography, and freestyle/battle practice. She is a graduate of Arizona State University, obtaining a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance, a Minor in Justice Studies, and two Certificates in Arts Entrepreneurship and Socially Practice in Design and the Arts. In addition, Maggie is a Fulbright Summer Institute Participant, a recipient of the Joan Frazer Memorial Award for Judaism and the Arts, and a published writer. She recently became an FY24 Arts and Humanities Fellow through the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Maggie currently lives in Washington, D.C., teaching and making. She works as the Programs and Partnerships Coordinator at Dance Exchange, a local nonprofit organization that expands who gets to dance, where dance happens, what dance is about, and why dance matters. Maggie is deeply honored to be a principal dancer of Rennie Harris Puremovement, as well as the company’s administrative assistant and grant writer.