Catherine Cabeen, MFA, RSMT/E, is an artist and teacher based in NYC. She is a former dancer with the Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Company (BTJ/AZ), the Martha Graham Dance Company, and Richard Move’s MoveOpolis!, among others. She directed Hyphen, an interdisciplinary performance company that toured internationally, from 2009-2019. As a choreographer, Cabeen has received commissions from On the Boards, Donald Byrd’s Spectrum Dance Theater, Seattle Art Museum, Gallery Galleon in Vieques PR, the Visa2Dance Festival in Dar Es Salaam, Alsarab Dance Company in Byblos Lebanon, The American LGBTQ Museum, and The New York Historic Society, among others. In 2011, the New York Times called Hyphen, “highly kinetic, complex… visually exquisite,” and “beautifully performed.” Cabeen’s 2011 Into the Void, can be seen at ontheboards.tv. Cabeen has received support for her work from the Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, The Washington State Arts Commission, the National Performing Network Creation Fund, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, among others. Cabeen is a repetiteur for BTJ/AZ and the estate of Joseph Gifford. She is a certified yoga instructor, a Dynamic Embodiment Practitioner, and Mindfulness Meditation Teacher. Cabeen has been on the faculties of the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, Marymount Manhattan College, Cornish College, University of Washington, Middlebury College, University of Wyoming, Taiwan University of the Arts, Yale, and Princeton.
