Annie is a choreographer, teacher, movement director, and bodywork practitioner living in New York.
For choreographic, teaching inquires, or to book an Ilan lev session, reach me at annieirigney@gmail.com.
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Annie Rigney is a New York based dancer, choreographer, Gaga teacher and Ilan Lev Method therapist. Annie is an Alumnus of the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase. She danced with the Batsheva Ensemble under the artistic direction of Ohad Naharin, toured internationally with Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak Dance Company and was a cast member of Punchdrunk's immersive theater production, Sleep No More, from 2015-2019.
In April, 2023 Annie premiered a new choreographic work, "Get Up, My Daughter," commissioned by and created for the Martha Graham Dance Company and presented at the Joyce Theater. Her choreographic work, “Galithea" was featured as a part of the 92nd Street Y’s Future Dance Festival and performed at the Joyce Theater. Annie was guest choreographer for the Fall Concert at NYU Tisch School of Dance this Fall and has also been commissioned for the SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance, the University of the Arts, and Resilience Dance Company, among others. She was a recipient of the Moving Women Residency from Gallim Dance, a 2023 CUNY Grant recipient, and a choreographic fellow for Robert Battle's New Directions Choreographic Fellowship program at the Alvin Ailey School.
Annie was the 2023-2024 Artist in Residence at the 92nd Street Y and premiered her evening-length work entitled, "...she was becoming untethered." at their newly renovated Buttenweiser Hall. She is an adjunct professor at the Alvin Ailey School, Tisch School of the Arts, and the SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance.
Annie has been a practitioner of the Ilan Lev Method since 2012 and runs a private practice treating dancers and musicians for injuries and functional limitations. She is currently the Director of the Ilan Lev Method School in New York.
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St. Louis Dance HQ, Resilience’s Entry Points, 2024
Fjord, Annie Rigney Loosening Up and Letting Go, 2023
CUNY Dance Initiative, feature, 2022
The Lifestyle, artist feature, 2014
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