Kate Sicchio is a choreographer and digital artist, notable for her work bringing together choreography,[1] dance technology,[2][3] e-textiles,[4][5] and live coding performance.
[15] In her academic life, Sicchio worked as assistant professor of integrated digital media at New York University until 2018, when she joined Virginia Commonwealth University as assistant professor of dance and media technologies in the dance and choreography and kinetic imaging departments.
[citation needed] Sicchio received her PhD at the University of East London with her practice-based research on the use of real-time video systems within live choreography and the conceptual framework of ‘choreotopology’ a way to describe this work.
[citation needed] Sicchio has been involved in the ongoing performance research collaboration with Camille Baker from 2011 called Hacking the Body and HTB 2.0, involving "hacking" the data from the body to create new forms of choreography.
This work highlighted the collection of personal data by corporate and government entities, through the development of bespoke wearable devices and e-textile costumes to create unique movement and choreographic investigations.