Hilary Easton

Hilary Easton is artistic director of Hilary Easton + Company, a contemporary dance company established in 1992 and based in New York City. The company has performed at venues and events including the American Dance Festival, Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church, Dance Theater Workshop, PS 122, Carnegie Hall, University of Texas, Central Park Summerstage, Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, the Yard, Mount Tremper Arts, Bard College at Simon’s Rock College, Baryshnikov Arts Center, and the 92Y-Harkness Dance Festival. In addition to her own company, she has choreographed for companies/artists including the Talking Band, Joffrey II, Headwaters Dance Company, Spectrum Dance Theater, and the Mettawee Theater Company. As a dancer Easton has performed with a wide range of choreographers including Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company, Kinematic, and XXY Dance/Music. She has taught at Princeton University, Connecticut College, the University of Montana, and New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. A former teaching artist, she is the educational consultant for the New York Philharmonic School Partnership Program, training and supporting its teaching artist faculty, and has worked with many arts organizations including Lincoln Center Institute, VSArts and Carnegie Hall. She has been on the faculty at Juilliard since 2012.