Since moving to New York 20 years ago, Colleen Thomas has danced with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Bebe Miller Company, Nina Weiner Dance Company, Donald Byrd/The Group, the Kevin Wynn Collection, and Sung Su Ahn among others. She is artistic director for ColleenThomasDance. She also works with her partner Bill Young, and is an artistic director to Bill Young/ Colleen Thomas and Co. (http://wgy2.home.att.net). Her choreography has been seen in Russia, Slovakia, Hong Kong, Estonia, Taiwan, Portugal, Brazil, Venezuela and in the USA at Danspace Project, Joyce SoHo, The Miller Theater, The Kumble Arts Center, Kaye Playhouse, SUNY Purchase, The Puffin Room, Hundred Grand, Dance Space Center, Meredith College in Raleigh NC, California State University Long Beach, East Carolina University, The Ritz Theater in Minneapolis, and the University of Wisconsin among others. Thomas began her education at SUNY Purchase and graduated with honors from SUNY Empire State College where she received a BA in Psychology. She received an MFA in dance from the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. She has been an adjunct Professor at Skidmore College, Bates College, Long Island University’s Brooklyn campus, and the New School. She is also a guest artist at DNA. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice at Barnard College of Columbia University.