Katherine Orloff

A dancer and dance educator for over twenty years, Katherine Orloff has devoted the last two decades to performing, teaching, and researching the relationship between ballet pedagogy and somatic studies. She received her formative training at the Contra Costa Ballet Centre, with additional studies at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, North Carolina School for the Arts, and the University of California, Irvine. Professionally, she’s performed repertoire by George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Donald McKayle, Twyla Tharp, Paul Taylor and Antony Tudor. She recently completed an MFA in Dance through the University of the Arts and currently serves on the ballet faculty for ODC/Dance and Shawl Anderson Dance Center. In addition to an MFA, she holds a BA in English from the University of California, Irvine, an MA in Liberal Arts from Stanford University, and is a certified Somatic Movement Educator through the School for Body-Mind Centering®. She is also currently studying Authentic Movement under the mentorship of Mary Lou Seereiter.