Caitlin Green (she/they) is a Philadelphia-based dance artist (originally from Huntingdon, PA) with a background in dance/movement therapy and counseling (R-DMT). In her work, she tends to concentrate on the body's role in wellness and catharsis, by exploring how movement narratives can act as a catalyst for imaginative ways of exploring and shifting realities. To conclude their Master's degree in Dance/Movement Therapy at Drexel, Caitlin conducted qualitative research on the use of dance improvisation for exploring and expressing self and identity. Read about this method and the cultural, social, and psychological themes that emerged in the research here.
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As a freelance dance artist, Caitlin has choreographed and co-created works featured in Philly Fringe Festival 2019, RAW Artist showcase (Baltimore), EMERGE Earthdance multidisciplinary artist residency, the Painted Bride Art Center’s Building Bridges artist cohort (2020), Bodymeld’s GWYN residency (2021), and Philadelphia Dance Project’s DANCE UP CLOSE (2022). They have choreographed for Regothereshego (2021), La Egoista at Philadelphia Theatre Company (2024) and are the choreographer for Independence Charter School’s annual musical (2019-2024). Caitlin’s workshop series, “Dancing to Transgress: Lessons from bell hooks” (2020), convened teaching artists to re-imagine what an inclusive learning environment can look like using dance and discussion. In their curated work, “Our Embodied Impulses”, (2021) collaborating artists explored individual and collective restoration through writing and dance. Caitlin is a trauma-informed teaching artist with Dancing Classrooms, The Village of Arts and Humanities, BuildaBridge, and she is a writer for the local dance publication, thINKingDANCE. Stay tuned for her upcoming experimental dance film Eros: Fragile as it is Free.
