Elizabeth Johnson

An embodied academic, Johnson seeks to integrate somatic, developmental, and feminist perspectives into her dance teaching/pedagogies and creative work. Her corporeal and written research on pedagogy, learning, and trauma is spurred by her intense experience at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts where she trained in classical ballet with Balanchine ballerina Melissa Hayden as well as former Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and American Ballet Theatre dancers. Her contemporary dance company, Your Mother Dances, has featured her choreography as well as produced national and regional guest artists; her work has been seen in New York City, Washington D.C., Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee and beyond. She also performed with David Parker and The Bang Group (NYC), Sara Hook Dances (NYC), and Molly Rabinowitz Liquid Grip (NYC). Johnson teaches and presents on dance and somatics nationally and internationally and continues ongoing studies--currently Dr. Martha Eddy’s Dynamic Embodiment Training. She has been Dance faculty at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University North Carolina-Greensboro, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Texas Tech University, and the University of Florida. She is currently the Chair of the Department of Dance at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.