Diana Crum

Diana is a choreographer, dancer, teacher, administrator and advocate. The roles overlap and inform one another. In addition to directing Dance Makers in the Schools, she currently teaches with ArtsConnection and New Jersey Performing Arts Center. She serves as Chair of Dance at Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts, and she has served as Adjunct Faculty/Visiting Artist at Washington & Lee University (Lexington, VA), University of the Arts (Philadelphia, PA) and Hollins University (Roanoke, VA).

Her choreography has been presented in New York, Atlanta, France, Austria, Germany, and Mexico, among other places. She has received support from Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant program, iLand Art’s iLab Residency, and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Manhattan Community Arts Fund, among others.

Her artistic practice is informed by her teaching and community work. She's created platforms for multi-generational collaborative performance events, including On a Sunday Afternoon, (2016, Drew University) and AUNTS, nieces, nephews and grandparents (2014, Abrons Art Center).

Diana holds a MFA, Hollins University and a BA, Columbia University.