HALEY GILPIN
CHOREOGRAPHER, DANCER, VISUAL ARTIST
haleygilpin@outlook.com
Bio
Haley Gilpin is a 20-year-old, queer, female dancer and choreographer with a spinal fusion based in Fresno, CA. Haley has trained for over 14 years in a variety of styles; ballet, hip-hop, jazz, modern, contemporary, tap, and musical theater. Haley is currently a student at Fresno City College, where she has had the opportunity to work with guest artists Eric Gomez, Alex Tiscareño, Miz-Unique Slater, Hannah Millar, and Andrew Merrell. As a representative of Fresno City College Dance, she has attended the American College Dance Association (ACDA) 2024 Baja Regional Conference, 2025 Northwest Regional Conference, and 2025 National College Dance Festival, and was invited to the 2025 Jacob’s Pillow International Dance Festival. With a focus and passion for choreography, Haley Gilpin is a two-time student choreographer for Fresno City College. Both works (‘Between the Lines’ and ‘Alice’) have been showcased at events outside of City Dance concerts; Santa Rosa Junior College’s 3rd Annual Choreography Festival, Fresno City College’s Theater Arts & Dance Performances Showcase, Roosevelt School of the Arts’ Studio D Concert & Adjudication, the 2024 At-Large Virtual Adjudication (ALVA), the 2025 ACDA Northwest Regional Conference Informal Concert, and 2025 ACDA National Dance Festival Studio Sharing. Over the past year, she has continued her choreographic work with local theater companies Roosevelt Theater Company and Children’s Musical Theaterworks, on the following productions: Cinderella, Annie Jr., and She Loves Me. Haley has awards in both Excellence in Dance (Roosevelt School of the Arts) and Excellence in Choreography (Fresno City College).
WORKS AND WORK STUDIES
Between the Lines (2024)
The fictional telling of a progressive overwhelming obsession with another person, told through the perspective of an unreliable narrator who has grown the belief that this person is an ongoing antagonist in her life. It showcases the feeling of losing yourself in the process of trying to catch up to someone else and their expectations, all of which is fueled by projection and insecurity.
Autophobia (2024)
A work study created at ‘Choreoscape’ (a 2024 choreography intensive with Imprints Dance Company directed by Hannah Millar) ‘Autophobia’ explores the idea of fearing yourself, with the images of someone running through a mirror maze - where they are faced with forceful navigation through a path of self-reflection.
Alice (2024)
Split into two separate sections, Alice introduces the audience into the world - or rather small bubble - of these 12 strangers. We watch as the piece goes from black and white, New York, day job-esque scenery to the dancers going ‘down the rabbit hole’ into their esoteric night life. Here, every one of them seems to be slightly off put by something unbeknownst to the audience, before falling into a mysterious chaos. That being said, who is Alice?
