Rebecca is a dancer, choreographer, educator, researcher, and advocate currently based in Nashville, TN. She received her B.F.A. in Dance and her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Rebecca was a freelance artist in New York before joining New Dialect 2015-2021. She is currently a choreographic associate and education liaison for the company.

Rebecca is a 2019 Jacob’s Pillow Choreography Fellow and has most recently been commissioned to create new work for Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, And Artists, Room to Room, OZ Arts Nashville, New Dialect, and Nashville Ballet. She is a collaborator alongside visual artist Jana Harper on a multidisciplinary performance and community engagement project titled This Holding.

As an educator, Rebecca leads workshops and master classes for young dancers, adults of all abilities, and professionals worldwide. She works for Vanderbilt University as a Curriculum Design Consultant, currently on a National Science Foundation research grant exploring the educational potential of dance for mathematics learning. Rebecca will begin her MFA in dance in Fall 2021 at the University of Maryland, College Park.

photo: Andrea Behrends

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