Leah Cox is the Dean of the American Dance Festival, a Term Associate Professor at Bard College, and part of Liz Lerman’s latest performance project. She danced with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company from 2001-2009 and served as the Company’s education director from 2009-2015. She has been a guest choreographer and teacher at numerous colleges nationwide; has adjudicated for the American College Dance Association and YoungArts; and was a member of the New York Dance and Performance Awards (Bessies) Committee from 2015-2018. Her choreography has been presented in New York City at the 92nd Street Y, Dixon Place, the DUMBO Dance Festival, and the CoolNY Festival. Leah believes our embodied wisdom and histories are uniquely expressed and accessed through dancing with others. Her current research focuses on praxes of inclusive pedagogy and furthering the political potential inherent in the dancing body.
