Joy-Marie Thompson  is a performing artist, writer and educator from Pittsburgh, PA. After receiving a BFA in Dance at The Conservatory of Dance at the State University of New York at Purchase College, Joy-Marie performed work by Sidra Bell, Shamel Pitts, Staycee Pearl, and Maxine Doyle, Damani Pompey and Jill Vallery. Joy-Marie's writing has been published by Imagining: A Gibney Journal and ThINKing Dance. Based in New York, NY, Joy-Marie was a resident at The McKittrick Hotel for their production of Sleep No More and is currently an Understudy and Dance Captain at The Public Theater for their new production Shadow/land. They are a lecturer of improvisation for Purchase College's Conservatory of Dance and Certified Pilates Mat and Animal Flow Level 1 Instructor.

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