ABOUT

 

Meredith Lyons is a dancer, educator, choreographer and administrator based in the northeast.   Her physical performance technique is focused heavily in articulate movement vocabularies and anatomical principles that use the body as an instrument of perception, action and interaction.  As an artist she has presented work nationally and internationally, most recently performing at The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, PA, presenting at Colby College Museum of Art and Ten Tiny Dances in Boston, MA, and teaching the improvisational score Foreword/Afterword at the CORD/SDHS conference in Athens, Greece, ImPulsTanz International Dance Festival in Vienna, Austria and in Istanbul, Turkey.  She received her undergraduate dance degree from Mercyhurst University and MFA in dance from Smith College focusing on dance pedagogy and performance.  She serves as the Admissions Director of Bates Dance Festival, and is on Teaching Faculty at Colby and Bates Colleges.