Faculty Bio

College Station, Texas

Margaret Wiss (she/her) holds a Doctor of Physical Therapy from Columbia University, Master of Fine Arts in Dance with a concentration in choreography from NYU Tisch School for the Arts and a Bachelor of Arts in Dance Kinesiology from Mount Holyoke College. Her choreographic and screendance work has been presented across the United States and she has been commissioned by PDX Contemporary Ballet, North Atlantic Dance Theatre, The Harvard Ballet Company, and the Five College Dance Department. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Dance Science at Texas A&M University and has taught for Mount Holyoke College and Tisch School for the Arts Dance Department Future Dance Makers and Dancers Program. Wiss has been an artist-in-residence at numerous places, notably Peaked Hill Trust, Bearnstow, Green Street Studios, Sou'Wester, Chulitna Lodge and Craigardan. She has performed professionally in Boston and has worked with Pilobolus Dance Theater, Sidra Bell, Jennifer Hart, and Kinsun Chan. As a physical therapist, Wiss has worked at The Boston Conservatory, Boston Ballet, backstage on Broadway and at Bates Dance Festival. She values the vitality of collaboration and is currently researching and writing a book on the subject.