Sandra Kaufmann

After training with Stephanie Clemens at the Academy of Movement and Music and graduating from Northern Illinois University, Sandra Kaufmann joined the Martha Graham Dance Company and later served as Artistic Director of the Martha Graham Ensemble. With MOMENTA and Silo Chamber Dancers, Sandra danced many of the choreographic works by Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman and taught Humphrey/Weidman technique and theory on faculty at Barnard College and New York University. In Chicago, she has taught at The Chicago Academy for the Arts, University of Chicago, and The Academy of Movement and Music. She currently serves as an Advanced Fellow of Innovative Experiential Pedagogies through Loyola University Chicago Center for Engaged Teaching Learning and Scholarship.