SARA RUDNER, a graduate of Barnard College, was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. She participated in the development and performance of Twyla Tharp’s modern dance repertory from 1965-1985. During this time she began to choreograph for a small group of dancers known as the Sara Rudner Performance Ensemble, as well as conceiving and directing a series of dances intended to break with conventional time frames, spaces and occasions. Sara continues to pursue her interest in choreography and dancing collaborating with like minded colleagues including Dana Reitz, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Christopher Janney, Russel Dumas, Rona Pondick, Robert Feintuch, Erin Cornell, Jodi Melnick, and Jennifer Tipton, among others. She received a Bessie in 1984 and has been awarded grants from the NEA, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and NYSCA. She is adjunct faculty at NYU and is currently a teaching fellow at Bennington College.