Thryn Saxon
Thryn Saxon is a choreographer, movement director, performer, and educator based in Connecticut and New York City. She is the founder and artistic director of SAXYN Dance Works, a contemporary dance company known for emotionally driven, physically dynamic work rooted in partnering and theatrical storytelling.
With over a decade of professional experience, Thryn has created and performed work throughout New York and beyond. Her performance credits include Punchdrunk’s immersive theater production Sleep No More, as well as collaborations with Doug Varone and Dancers, Helene Simoneau Danse, and Kate Weare Company. These experiences have deeply informed her choreographic approach, which blends contemporary technique, athletic partnering, and cinematic ensemble movement with a strong emphasis on human connection and narrative.
In addition to her creative work, Thryn teaches contemporary dance, partnering, and shuffle — a movement style influenced by lindy hop, house, and hip hop — and is passionate about collaborative processes within musical theater, plays, devised work, and new theatrical development.
"I can't remember the last time I felt such appreciation for a
show that made me squirm with hard-to-identify discomfort. It was hair-raising, dark, melodic, and beautiful.”
Kevin Specter, patron
SAXYN Dance Works
SAXYN Dance Works led by choreographer and director Thryn Saxon is a dance company based in New York City and Connecticut committed to telling stories through dance that amplify women, expand the imagination, and sit deeply in vulnerability. Inspired by the vivacity and cross-cultural connections of her Miami roots, the geometric electricity of her time in NYC, and her love of theater and cinema, Saxon’s work investigates hope, power, sensuality, and effort. Collaboration is a vital component of the work and centers the ethos of the room, encouraging both communication and risk taking.
The company has been supported by The O’Donnell Green Foundation for Music and Dance, Baryshnikov Arts, The Moss Center in Miami, FL The Croft in Horton Bay, MI, The Dragon’s Egg in Mystic, CT, Windhover Performing Arts Center in Rockport, MA, Peaceable Barn in Reading, CT, and Homeport Art House in South Thomaston, ME. Thryn’s work has been performed at venues such as The Moss Center, 92Y, Arts on Site, The Gelsey Kirkland Theater, RADFest, The Perez Art Museum, Windhover Performing Art Center, Kingsland Wild Flowers. Commissions of her work include Towson University, Marymount Manhattan and Miami Arts Charter High School.
Photos by Stephanie Crousillat and Jim Lafferty respectively.