Irene Dowd

Irene Dowd is on the dance faculty of the Juilliard School and the Hollins University/ADF MFA program in dance. Author of Taking Root to Fly, she has maintained a practice in kinesthetic anatomy and neuromuscular re-education since 1968, while being a guest teacher in academic and dance institutions throughout the US, Canada and Europe. She has choreographed for solo dancers in US and Canada, including Peggy Baker and Margie Gillis. Irene is recipient of the 2014 Balasaraswati/Joy Ann Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching at the American Dance Festival, 2015 Juilliard John Erskine Faculty Prize, 2016 Dance Science & Somatics Educators Lifetime Service Award, and 2018 Honorary Fellowship from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Her digital archive of choreographic training materials is viewable at: irenedowdchoreographies.com