KEERATI JINAKUNWIPHAT originally from Chicago, Illinois, received her BFA from the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase and was a recipient of the Adopt-a-Dancer scholarship program. She has additionally studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, and Springboard Danse Montreal. She has worked with and performed works of artists including Kyle Abraham, Nicole von Arx, Trisha Brown, Jasmine Ellis, Hannah Garner, Shannon Gillen, Andrea Miller, Kevin Wynn, and Doug Varone. She has assisted Kyle Abraham in commissioned work for New York City Ballet and Paul Taylor American Modern Dance. As a freelance choreographer, Jinakunwiphati has presented her choreographic works at the American Dance Guild Festival, Battery Dance Festival, Dance Gallery Festival, The Joyce Theater, New Victory Theater, Lincoln Center, and more. Her commissions include setting and creating works on the Evanston Dance Ensemble, the Martha Graham School, SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Dance, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, Houston Contemporary Dance Company, New England Ballet Theatre, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Bang On A Can, Princeton University, PARA.MAR Dance Theatre, Whim W'him Seattle Contemporary Dance, and the New York Choreographic Institute. She graced the cover as one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2021. In 2023, Jinakunwiphat became the first Asian American Woman to be commissioned to choreograph for the New York City Ballet.