Pat Hall is an internationally acclaimed dancer/choreographer and teacher. She is a recipient of an Artists Fellowship in choreography from the New York Foundation for the Arts. Her style is most influenced by African, Caribbean, and contemporary American dance. Her interest in ceremonial and ritual practices of indigenous peoples most influences her choreographic work. Ms. Hall uses her knowledge of the traditional to create contemporary movements and rituals that celebrate life and create new traditions. She brings an unparalleled spirit and depth of understanding to her performances which has been enriched through extensive cultural research.

Ms. Hall has appeared at such places as the Joyce Theater, Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Dance Theater Workshop, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Jacob's Pillow, as well as numerous theaters around the world. Her reputation has won her invitiations to participate in many festivals including Spoleto, Next Wave Festival, Colorado Dance Festival, and the Willisau Jazz Festival in Switzerland. Ms. Hall was also an Artist-in-Residence at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore and Visiting Artist at the University of Singapore. She also toured extensively as a guest artist with Urban Bush Women.

A choreographer of great power and creativity, Ms. Hall's credits include "Praise House" for the Spoleto Festival, "Warrior Ant" for the Brooklyn Academy of Music, "Suenos" for the NuArts Festival, "underCover Girls" and a solo work "Silent Echoes" for Dance Theater Workshop.

As a recipient of Dance Theater Workshop's National Performance Suitcase Fund Award, Ms. Hall enjoyed research expeditions to Haiti, Martinique, Jamaica, Nigeria and Benin. She has also performed in Peru, Hungary, Korea, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, England, and Senegal. She is a recipient of the ethnic dance Award from Dance Giant Steps, Inc., Attitude Magazine. Her work is noted in the books, Gestures of Genius by Rachel Vigier and The Healing Drum by Yaya Diallo and Mitchell Hall.

Sought after as a teacher and lecturer, Ms. Hall has been an Artist-in-Residence at Cornell University and was a teaching artist for Brooklyn Academy of Music in the Department of Education and Humanities. She also served as a consultant on their DanceAfrica/Restoration project for over 14 years. Ms. Hall is an adjunct professor at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and works with special populations, including Dance for PD® (Parkinson's Disease) Mark Morris Dance Group.