BIOGRAPHY

Margaret Wiss (she/her) holds a Doctor of Physical Therapy from Columbia University; a Master of Fine Arts in Dance with a concentration in choreography from NYU Tisch School for the Arts; and a Bachelor of Arts in Dance Kinesiology from Mount Holyoke College.

Her choreographic and screendance work has been presented across the United States, and she has been commissioned by PDX Contemporary Ballet, North Atlantic Dance Theatre, the Harvard Ballet Company and the Five College Dance Department.

She has taught for Mount Holyoke College and Tisch School for the Arts’ Future Dancers and Dancemakers Program. Wiss has performed professionally in Boston and has worked with Pilobolus Dance Theater, Sidra Bell, Jennifer Hart and Kinsun Chan.

As a physical therapist, Wiss specializes in performing artists and has worked on shows backstage on Broadway, at Berklee College of Music at Boston Conservatory, Bates Dance Festival and Boston Ballet Summer Intensive.

In her own choreographic work, she values the vitality of collaboration and is currently researching and writing a book on the subject.