Lori Belilove is the founder and Artistic Director of Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company. Her direct lineage and prestigious performing career have earned her an international reputation as the premier interpreter and ambassador of the dance of Isadora Duncan. Lori received a B.F.A. in dance, religion, and classical studies from Mills College. She trained extensively in the modern technique of Doris Humphrey as a private student of both Eleanor King and Ernestine Stodelle, original members of the Humphrey-Weidman Dance Company. Lori has toured extensively both nationally and internationally including Brazil, Korea, West Africa, Canada, Mexico and Europe. She maintains a studio and school in New York City and is considered an important source for the documentation and interpretation of the Duncan technique and repertory. She is the leading dancer in the award-winning PBS documentary Isadora Duncan: Movement From the Soulnarrated by stage and screen actress Julie Harris. As a master teacher she has held residencies at such distinguished institutions as Harvard University, The Juilliard School, Northwestern University, Smith College, University of Alabama, Ohio State, Drexel, and Franklin & Marshall among others. In 2010, Lori was the recipient of the Mills College Distinguished Achievement Award and she was featured with her Company for The Career Transitions for Dancers November Jubilee Gala at Manhattan’s City Center.