ragin smith

Ragin is a dancer, choreographer, and performance artist based in Brooklyn. 
 
She develops deconstructed narratives by stringing together contexts of movement, poetry, visual art, and sound. Ragin has presented work at The Tank, Fabled Narcissism, ESTIA Day Fest, and as an artist in residence at the Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation. She will be in a revival process during her upcoming summer residency at Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre.

Ragin has performed works by Brendan Fernandes, Evan Ray Suzuki, Michelle Thompson-Ulerich, Valeria Gonzalez, Morgan Bobrow-Williams, Ryan Bailey, Troy Ogilvie, Monica Steffey, La Intrusa Company, and others.​​ She studied at Marymount Manhattan College, where she received a BFA in Dance and a minor in Business Management.

Aside from her freelance projects, Ragin is a member of Wet Hairy Women, Hivewild, Verbal Animal, MORISATO, and Alison Chase/Performance. She works closely with Haley Morgan Miller and Nathan Dies to direct and produce the Fabled Narcissism arts events.
photo by Morgan Borrow-Williams