Rebecca Brooks works at intersections of creative practice & pedagogy in dance, performance, movement education, somatics, & raising children. Rebecca brings her curiosity about how we move, and how we learn to move, to all of her work and play. Rebecca is an Alexander Technique Teacher (AmSAT-certified) & an Infant Developmental Movement Educator (certified by the School for Body-Mind Centering ®). She has had a private Alexander Technique teaching practice since 2009, has been on faculty at Bennington College, Balance Arts Center & Movement Research, and has taught at many schools and organizations across the US. Her performance works have been presented throughout NYC and beyond in all the un/usual places including Danspace Project, Movement Research at the Judson Church, Pieter, Roulette, NADA New York, Not Festival, Dance Films Association, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, LaMaMa, Dixon Place, Catch & AUNTS. As a performer she has worked with Marina Abramović, luciana achugar, Walter Dundervill, Maria Hassabi, Katy Pyle, Susan Rethorst, robbinschilds, Kathy Westwater & others, and as performance advisor with Milka Djordjevich. She has worked with Heather Kravas since 2006, as performer, performance advisor & somatic dramaturg. MFA, Teaching Fellow, Bennington College; BA, Sarah Lawrence College; Co-creator, AUNTS; Co-curator, Movement Research Festival Fall 2014 & Spring 2007; Artistic Director, Rockbridge Artist Exchange (2009-2013). From 2004-2011, she proudly held various staff positions at Movement Research, including Program & Events Manager, Judson Coordinator & Open Performance Coordinator! She lives in Brooklyn with her wife and their two children.
