Halie Bahr (she/hers) is an active choreographer, performer, educator, and scholar who researches the socio-political implications of trauma in the creative process. She loves creating both performances and educational communities that are playful, sincere, candy-colored-bright, visceral, over-the-top-spectacles that pull at your heartstrings or make us re-think our world. Halie is an Assistant Professor of Dance at Southern Utah University. She holds her MFA from the University of Utah, BFA from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, and is a Certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst (CLMA). She currently works with the University of Utah Prison Education Project, which provides higher education to students currently incarcerated in the Utah State Prison and is a founding co-author with the Research Collaborative on Somatic Dance Education. She has presented work and performed nationally in venues such as The Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), Milwaukee Art Museum (Milwaukee), Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center (Salt Lake City, UT), Midwest RAD Dance Festival (Kalamazoo, MI), Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival (Chicago, IL), The Soap Factory (Minneapolis, MN), Links Hall (Chicago, IL), and Goodyear Arts (Charlotte, NC). Halie has served as a Rehearsal Director for world-renowned artists such as Anouk van Dijk, creator of CounterTechnique© and former Artistic Director of Chunky Move, Darrell Grand Moultrie, and Lauren Edson. She has performed for a variety of artists, including works by Leyya Mona Tawil (2019 Bessie), Stephan Koplowitz, Merce Cunningham, and Trisha Brown, among many others. Curious for more? www.haliebahr.org