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Visiting Fellow, 2026 – 2027

Meredith Dincolo

Biography

Meredith Dincolo has been dancing and teaching for over 30 years. She joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 1996 and danced in Europe with Lyon Opera Ballet and Nationaltheater Mannheim before returning to Hubbard Street in late 2004. From 2018 to 2023, she performed with Robyn Mineko Williams and Artists in Echo Mine, a full evening collaboration with the band Califone. Active in the Chicago dance community, Meredith is on the artistic faculty at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, South Chicago Dance Theater, Cerqua Rivera Dance Theater, and is a founding member of the Chicago Movement Collective. She has also taught for companies such as Lyon Opera Ballet, Ballett Basel, Alvin Ailey American Dance Company, Abraham.In.Motion, Ballet Preljocaj, GöteborgsOperan Danskompani, and Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.

Most recently, Meredith has collaborated in movement research with Neubauer Collegium Faculty Director Tara Zahra. Awarded a fellowship at the Gray Center for Arts & Inquiry in 2023, they have continued their research at the Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU in 2025. Their work includes public presentations at NYU and movement workshops at the University of Notre Dame, the Center for Humanities at NYU, Yale DanceLab, and Arts & Public Life at the University of Chicago. Meredith is honored to continue this research during her residency as a Neubauer Collegium Visiting Fellow.