Aretha Aoki is a choreographer, performer, and the A. LeRoy Greason Chair in the Creative Arts and Associate Professor of Dance at Bowdoin College. She has been making dances and collaborating with artists across artistic disciplines since 2004. Her collaborations with Ryan MacDonald have been performed nationally and internationally, with funding from the NPN Creation and Development funds, the Kindling Fund, Maine Arts Commission, New England Foundation for the Arts, and the Northampton Council for the Arts. Their most recent work, IzumonookunI premiered at the Bates Dance Festival in July 2024. She has performed in the work of many award-winning choreographers, most recently Heather Kravas.