Elizabeth Johnson

Elizabeth Johnson is a choreographer, dancer, and educator with a particular focus on connecting communities through choreography. Investigating movement and meaning, Johnson creates in a collaborative environment that involves both trained dancers and individuals of varied backgrounds. A graduate from Connecticut College, she has studied at London Contemporary Dance School, and was the associate artistic director of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange until September 2010. She is currently at Arizona State University as the coordinator of public practice, working with an interdisciplinary team to create new curricula focused on training artists to work in, and engage with, diverse communities, and is an associate artist with the Dance Exchange.