CV – Rachel Bernsen

Rachel Bernsen

917.531.4484
rachelbernsen@gmail.com
www.rachelbernsen.com

AmSAT Nat’l Teaching Certification, Alexander Technique, American Center for the Alexander Technique (ACAT), New York, NY

M.F.A. Dance,
NYU Tisch School of the Arts,
New York, NY

B.A. English Literature,
Macalester College, St. Paul, MN

photo by Ben DeFlorio

Creator, Performer, NOVEL FORMATS ON-SITE a month-long series of performances, workshops, and gallery exhibition, AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH

Choreographer, Performer, HEFT, duet with violist and electronics artist, Mac Waters. Junction Dance Festival, White River Junction, VT
Choreographer, Director, Performer
5-day R&D residency for NOVEL FORMATS #5: Crash, in collaboration with vocalist/electronics artist Jean Carla Rodea, theater designer Noah Mease. West Claremont Center for Music and Art (WCCMA), Claremont, NH
Choreographer, Performer, Novel Formats #3: Loop, in collaborations w/ dancer Julian Barnett, voice/electronics Jean Carla Rodea, electric guitar Evan Patrick, New Ear at the Fridman Gallery, 169 Bowery, NYC

Choreographer, Director, Performer, Novel Formats #2: The Set Up, in collaboration wi/ dancers Julian Barnett, Ellen Smith Ahern, violist/electronics Mac Waters, vocalist Kyoko Kitamura, JAM - Junction Arts & Media, White River Junction, VT (Oct 2024)
Choreographer, Director, Performer, Novel Formats #1: A Dialogue, in collaboration w/ dancer Ellen Smith Ahern, cellist Tomeka Reid, vocalist Kyoko Kitamura, visual artist Lindsay Packer, cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum , JAM (Feb 2024)

Movement Director, A Christmas Carol, Directed by Carol Dunne, Northern Stage, White River Junction, VT
Choreographer, NOISE, A musical, by César Alvarez, directed by Sarah Benson, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Performer with dancer Ayako Kato, musicians Tomeka Reid, Caroline Davis, Hungry Brain, Chicago, IL

Performer, Collaborations tour with cellist Tomeka Reid, dancer Ayako Kato, and guests, De Studio, Sound in Motion Visitations series, Antwerp, Belgium; Moers Festival, Moers, Germany; Lokal Harmonie, Duisburg, Germany
Invited Artist, The American Philosophies Forum. Presented a paper, solo performance, co-led a workshop with Megan Craig on interdisciplinary improvisational practice. American Philosophies Forum 2022 annual conference, On Freedom and Liberation, Emory University, Decatur, GA

Art of Breathing designated teacher trainer for Alexander Technique Teachers, NYC, 2026/27 training certification program
Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT, master class in performance practice, preparing for a performance lecture
Northern Stage Young Actors Program, White River Junction. VT, master class in the Alexander Technique for high school acting students
Bennington College, Bennington, VT, Composition for Improvisation, a series of annual movement based workshops for music students.
Links Hall, Chicago, IL, Dance master class in composition for improvisation practice and performance
Upper Valley, VT/NH, facilitator bi-monthly Contemplative Dance Practice (various locations)
Dartmouth College Department of Music, Multiple masterclasses in Interdisciplinary performance practice; The Alexander Technique for The Graduate Music Seminar
Junction Dance Festival, Alexander Technique, A Critical Practice for Dancers; Contemplative Dance Practice
Private Practice in The Alexander Technique since 2008