Authentic Movement
A Source for Choreographers

Workshop Presenters

Zoe Avstreih, Director of the Center for the Study of Authentic Movement, is a pioneer in the development of the form of Authentic Movement. She teaches and lectures nationally and internationally and has published widely. She is a recipient of the Harkness Choreographers Space Grant and was nominated for the Fetzer Institute Senior Scholar Award.

Lucia Ruedenberg-Wright has been studying Authentic Movement with Zoe Avstreih while completing a Master's Degree in Dance Education at NYU. She originally came to New York in 1971 to perform with Robert Wilson. In 1984 she first presented her own work at the International Conference for Children of Holocaust Survivors at CUNY. In 1994 she completed a doctorate in Performance Studies at NYU.