Motion is the constant and vital force, the pulse, blur, and breath, that sustains our reality as thinking, feeling, and acting entities. I delight in its necessity, abundance, potential, and beauty. I am intrigued by our ability to harness, shape, communicate with and learn from it. I believe in the powers of the physical and the insight that can be gleaned from physical investigation. My work as a dancer and choreographer is about offering and encouraging opportunities for the body to be considered. I believe that the practice of considering the body, considering its condition, its location, and its constant change can have a profound impact on the way we interact with and view our space, our resources, and each other. This consideration, this close examination of the way we are – our actions, reactions, impulses, and habits – is powerful and necessary.

Sitting, racing, clinging, turning, falling, leaving, catching, waiting, shedding, shrinking, searching ...

Betty holds a BA in Dance from Sweet Briar College and an MFA from University of Maryland, College Park. In addition to her freelance performance and choreography credits, she is an extended company member with Pearson Widrig Dance Theater. Her original work has been shown extensively in the Metro-D.C. area as well as in NYC, Brooklyn, the greater Hudson Valley, Virginia, Maryland, South Carolina, and Montescudaio, Italy. Her work has been honored with two Metro-DC Dance Awards and has been recognized by the American College Dance Association. As a performer, she has performed in works by choreographers such as Joseph Poulson, Colleen Thomas, Tzveta Kassabova, Aviva Geismar, Alvin Mayes, Megan Harrold, Angela Foster, Sarah Skaggs, Dahlia Nayar, Sandra Neels, Dawn Springer, Billy Siegenfeld, Gesel Mason, and many others. She has recently moved from the Hudson Valley with her husband and two daughters to continue her teaching practice as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance at Sweet Briar College.