Valerie Winborne, MA,R-DMT, is an Asst Teaching Professor of Dance at William & Mary, a dance educator, choreographer, dance movement therapist, and scholar whose work explores the relationship between movement, learning, cognition, and human development. A former professional dancer, who performed with Urban Bush Women and collaborated with internationally recognized artists, her research somatically examines cognitive, emotional, and educational outcomes that challenge traditional separation of mind and body. Winborne has collaborated and/or performed with esteemed choreographers including Marlies Yearby, Ronald K. Brown (Evidence Dance Company), David Rousseve, and Carl Hancock Rux, while also presenting her own choreographic works at prestigious venues such as Danspace Project and Performance Space 122 in New York City. She was a featured performer in the Off-Broadway production of The Story of Josephine Baker and has contributed extensively to the work and theatrical production as Summer Director for Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center, as well as Movement Coach/Rehearsal Director for his internationally acclaimed opera The Temptation of St. Anthony. A Master Dance Educator of the Year, bringing decades of experience to support the understanding of movement as a powerful form of thinking.