Nancy Stark Smith

Nancy Stark Smith first trained as an athlete and gymnast, leading her to modern and postmodern dance. She danced in the first performances of contact improvisation in 1972 and has since been central to its development, traveling extensively to perform and teach contact and other related improvised dance work. She cofounded Contact Quarterly dance journal in 1975 which she continues to edit and produce. Her first book, Caught Falling, was released in 2008.