Irene Dowd has just retired from the Juilliard School after 28 years teaching there, to become faculty emeritus. She continues to teach for Movement Research and Hollins University/ADF MFA program in dance. Author of Taking Root to Fly, she has maintained a practice in kinesthetic anatomy and neuromuscular re-education since 1970 in NYC, while continuing to be a guest teacher in academic and dance institutions throughout the US, Canada, and Europe. Irene is recipient of the 2014 Balasaraswati/Joy Ann Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching at the American Dance Festival, 2015 Juilliard John Erskine Faculty Prize, 2016 Dance Science & Somatic Educators Lifetime Service Award, 2018 Honorary Fellowship from Trinity Laban Conservative of Music and Dance, and 2023 Dance Teacher Award. Irene has created a website, free to all: irenedowdchoreographies.com
