Allyson Green

Dean of NYU Tisch School of the Arts

New York University

Dean Allyson Green was named the fourth dean of the Tisch School of the Arts in June 2014. She is a choreographer, visual artist, curator and arts educator. Integrating artistic creative development and education, advocacy for the arts, and service to the local and international community has been the mission of her multifaceted career. She has created over 100 dance theater works that have been presented around the world, and she has ongoing site-specific collaborations with visual artist Peter Terezakis that explore the intersection of art, technology and environmental issues. Dean Green is a painter and an award-winning graphic designer and has won Emmy Awards for her design work in print, television, and dance film. She has extensive training in music, and she creates original sound scores, set, costume, and projection designs for her dance theater works. Dean Green is a full professor in the Department of Art and Public Policy with an affiliation in the Department of Dance and continues to teach in both.