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Elisabeth Motley is a Disabled choreographer, scholar, and teacher whose work examines disability as a framework for choreography and dance.
She is an Associate Professor of Dance at Marymount Manhattan College (NYC). Motley holds a PhD in dance studies from University of Roehampton, an MFA in interdisciplinary studies from Goddard College, and a BFA in dance from the Juilliard School. Motley is a 2025 Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX) Artist in Residence. She has been a 2023 Movement Research Access. Movement. Play. (AMP) Artist in Residence, a 2019-2021 Movement Research Artist in Residence, a 2020 & 2021 Dance/NYC Disability. Dance. Artistry. Dance and Social Justice Fellow and a recipient of the 2018-2019 Fulbright US-UK Scholar Award. She has shared work at Movement Research at Judson, Center for Performance Research, Danspace Project’s DraftWork, Gibney Dance, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, HERE, Festival Oltre Passo – Italy, and Springboard Danse Montreal, among others. Motley has received grants from the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and New York State Council on the Arts. Her writing has been published in Choreographic Practices, Dance Chronicle, Dance Research, and The Drama Review.
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