MEREDITH GLISSON

Meredith Glisson is a choreographer, dramaturg, movement coach and performer for stage and film. Her artistic work and teaching spans across disciplines falling in between contemporary dance, theatre and wellness practices where she activates the body into motion through rhythmic physicality, emotive incentives and situational scenarios to unlock strategies for performance.  

She has presented her work in the USA, France and U.K in theaters, site-specific spaces and art galleries. Her work was most recently selected to be part of Barcelona Contemporary 2021. Her work has also been included in the following publications; EMERGENCY INDEX Vol. 9 (2020), C.O.C.A-Center of Contemporary Artists (2018), and the Aesthetica Anthology Magazine (2017). She has worked as a dramaturg with zoe | juniper dance company and Lilach Orenstein. She is also a founding board member of Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation | Chez Bushwick.

She holds a MFA in Interdisciplinary Practices at Falmouth University in the UK partnering with dramaturgy, theatre and dance programs at HZT Berlin and Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb; a professional degree in Performance Practices at Centre Chorégraphique National-Cie Maguy Marin in France; a BA in Dance and French at Hollins University (USA). She completed yoga trainings at WOOM Center (RYT 200 hrs) and in Katonah Yoga (40 hrs).

She is co-Director of MOtiVE Brooklyn.

www.meredithglisson.com

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Photo: Özlem Şen