Brendan McCall

Photo: Robert Flynt

Brendan McCall (he/him/his) is a multifaceted performance artist, teacher, and writer. Born in California, he lived in Turkey, Australia, Norway, and France between 2008-2021. He has worked in over 40 countries on 5 continents in contemporary dance, ballet, physical theater, experimental opera, performance art, fashion, and independent film. Over his career, he has worked with Alexandra Beller, Maureen Fleming, David Gordon, Sin Cha Hong, Moises Kaufman, Paul Langland, Stephen Petronio, Aki Sato, Keith Thompson, among others. He acted in Svanhild, the Ibsen Award-winning production directed by Lars Øyno, at numberous venues in Norway, Russia, and Japan; performed and co-produced Brain to Brain by his long-time mentor Mary Overlie at the Danspace Project; and performed in Keith Thompson´s Love Alone Anthology Project, inspired by the writings of AIDS activist Paul Monette, at La MaMa.

He has 30+ years of international experience at numerous conservatory and university (BA, BFA, MFA) programs, including the Yale School of Drama, the New School for Drama, the Actors Studio Drama School, New York University, Pace University, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Bilkent University (Turkey), Danshögskolan & Ballettakademien (Sweden), Kirkenær Ballettskole (Norway), and The International Theater Academy Norway in Oslo, where he served as Dean from 2008-10. He co-founded the Allan Wayne Work Alliance with Paul Langland and Brenna Palughi, and works as a screenwriter and director for Interzone Films.

His award-winning articles on the performing arts have been translated into French, Norwegian, Russian, and Belarusian since 1995. He has also published award-winning fiction under a pseudonym. He is currently based in New York City.

BFA with Honors in Acting, New York University. MFA in Dance, Bennington College. MPhil in Ibsen Studies (ABT), University of Oslo.