Tiffanie Carson (she/her) is an educator, mentor and performance artist. She earned her Master of Fine Arts in Dance from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance at Chapman University. She is currently an auxiliary adjunct assistant professor and has been teaching at Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University (SU) for the past ten years, offering technique classes focusing on contemporary within commercial styles as well as commercial industry styles classes to both dance and musical theater majors. Carson is also instrumental in guiding senior B.F.A. and B.A. capstone performance projects, as well as choreographing annually for the faculty concerts. She has choreographed over twenty-seven premieres on the Shenandoah Conservatory Dance Ensemble. In May 2020, Carson was awarded the Transformative Teaching Award (formerly known as the Exemplary Teacher Award). The recipient of this award is an instructor whose teaching embodies SU’s Mission Statement and Core Values. In addition to teaching at SU, Carson  is also part of the adjunct faculty at Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University teaching contemporary within commercial styles. 

Carson has presented works at the 2016 and 2018 New York Jazz Choreography Dance Project at the Salvatore Capezio Theater in New York, the 2016 VelocityDC Dance Festival at Sidney Harman Hall in Washington, D.C., the 2017 34th and 2020 37th Annual Choreographers’ Showcase at the Dance Theatre in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park, Maryland, the 2017 Pushing Progress Series at the Salvatore Capezio Theater in New York, as well as the 2020 American College Dance Association Gala Concert at the Kay Theatre Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park, Maryland.

In addition to her work in academia Carson is in her 12th season as company dancer and assistant director for Christopher K. Morgan & Artists (CKM&A) directed by Christopher K. Morgan, and is a longtime company member of sixteen years  for BARE Dance Company directed by Mike Esperanza in New York City. 
 
With CKM&A, Carson has performed at the Millennium Stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Sidney Harman Hall, as well as The Alden Theatre in McLean, Virginia. She has also traveled across the United States on a nine-city tour as rehearsal director and member of the creative team for Pōhaku. From her performance of Christopher Morgan’s solo work Selling Out, Carson has been described as a “very talented dancer” by IsItModern? and Carmel Morgan of CriticalDance wrote, “[she was] absolutely ripping the solo to shreds.” Carson's choreography has also garnered praise from Ms. Carmel Morgan, who described Tiffanie as having achieved “a choreographic home run” for her 2014 work, Deprivation. Ms. Morgan also stated of Carson's 2018 work, B.U.G. [Backlight. Uplight. Glare.], is another certified hit for Carson, and it would be a smart move for companies to commission her choreography.” Carson has conducted CKM&A's annual winter and summer intensives as well as numerous residencies at universities and colleges, with Mr. Morgan. 
 
Always on the move, Carson feels extremely privileged to be welcomed as a guest artist at colleges, universities and private studios across the United States and internationally sharing her knowledge and experiences hoping to inspire the next generation of artists.