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 Catherine Turocy, Artistic Director of The New York Baroque Dance Company, is internationally recognized as one of today’s leaders in the field of historical dance. She was decorated by the French Republic as a Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters and received the BESSIE Award in New York City for sustained achievement in choreography and in 2008, the Natalie Skelton Award for Artistic Excellence. NEA Exchange Fellowships allowed her to conduct research in London and Paris. A founding member of the Society for Dance History Scholars, Ms. Turocy lectures on period performance practices and has contributed chapters to dance history textbooks and articles to Opera News and Dance, many of which have been translated into French, German, Japanese and Korean. A chapter in Janet Roseman’s book, Dance Masters: Interviews with Legends of Dance, published by Routledge, is dedicated to her work. As a sought-after period stage director, Ms. Turocy has worked nine years at the Handel Festival in Goettingen, Germany. As a soloist, she has performed with Concert Royal, Opera Lafayette, Mercury Baroque, Apollo's Fire, Handel and Haydn Society, Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, the Mozart Festival at Kennedy Center, Lauten Compagnie, Monteverdi Orchestra and Chorus, Opera de Lyon and
the festival in Aix-en-Provence.
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