About the Company

Caitlin Corbett, artistic director of Caitlin Corbett Dance Company, has presented work in the Boston area since 1984. Corbett’s early involvement with the leading voices of New York’s avant-garde helped shape an aesthetic that juxtaposes the sublime beauty of everyday movement with the innovation of contemporary dance. Caitlin received her BA from Bennington College where she studied with Martha Wittman and Judson choreographer Judith Dunn. She also holds a MFA from Massachusetts College of Art. She has danced with Johanna Boyce, Lisa Kraus, Wendy Perron and Susan Rethorst. In spring 2009, she received a Fulbright fellowship to teach and create new choreographic work in Helsinki, Finland. She has received commissions from Dance Umbrella and First Night as well as grants from the New England Foundation for the Arts, Massachusetts Cultural Council and Cambridge Arts Council and a Carnegie Foundation Copper Scholarship. Caitlin is a Professor at Salem State College where she teaches dance.

Caitlin Corbett Dance Company consists of a core of dancers many of whom have been working together for over a decade. The company performs a repertoire of contemporary dance work dating from 1984 to the present. Much of this work, while structurally and physically rigorous, is infused with gesture and everyday movement. Oftentimes the company expands to include nondancers—men women and children of every age drawn from the local community—who perform with each other as well as company members. The company has performed in the Boston area for over 25 years and as recently as last year performed in Helsinki, Finland.

Collaborating Artist

Ann Steuernagel is an experimental video and sound artist who has collaborated with Caitlin Corbett for over 20 years. Steuernagel’s work has been shown at festivals, galleries, and micro-cinemas throughout the United States including Boston, New York, and San Francisco as well as in Canada, Mexico, and Europe. In 1994, Ann established boy running productions and in 1999, she won the grand prize at the XX VideoArt Festival in Locarno, Switzerland for her video of the same name. She is the recipient of a Somerville Arts Lottery grant, a Massachusetts Cultural Council Media Fellowship, a LEF grant, and a fellowship from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Ann is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art + Design at Northeastern University. For more information about Ann's work please visit her boy running website.