Lloyd Newson is a dancer/choreographer, who has been the Director of DV8 Physical Theatre since 1986.  His work for both stage and film has received major acclaim. His work mixes dance, text, theatre and film. His most recent work, "To Be Straight With You" (2008/2009) is more text-based than

Liz Lerman is a choreographer, performer, writer, educator, and speaker whose dance/theater works have been seen both throughout the United States and abroad.  Her work ranges from abstract, to personal, to political, and her creative process focuses on research and collaboration with da

José Limón was a very important figure in the development in modern dance.  In 1928 he moved to NYC after studying as an art major for a year at UCLA.  New York was where he saw his first dance performance which "simply and irrevocably changed my life."  

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Steve Paxton is a dancer and choreographer known as one of the founders of contact improvisation (a dance form in which two or more people move while remaining in constant and spontaneous contact).  He has researched the fiction of cultured dance and the 'truth' of improvisation for