Email | turnermovingcompany@gmail.com
Stephanie Turner is a choreographer, performer, and educator based in Providence, Rhode Island.
Her work explores the functional and expressive possibilities of movement, cultivating educational and performance spaces where experimentation, curiosity, and risk-taking can thrive. For over 15 years, contact improvisation has been the framework for her embodied research, integrating movement principles from dance, improvisation, and martial arts practices that allow structure and spontaneity to coexist.
She is currently an Adjunct Professor of Dance and Performance Studies at Roger Williams University and teaches classes as a guest artist at Brown University. Stephanie holds weekly classes and jams for Contact Improvisation Providence. She performs seasonally with Jack in the Box Horror and is currently in choreographic residence with Michelle Bach-Coulibaly for Spring 2026.
She has taught Contact Improvisation as a Lecturer of Theater Arts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brown University, Salve Regina University and as a teaching fellow at Hampshire and Smith College. As the founder/director of The Movement Exchange and as an independent artist, she produced dance and theater events, hosting local and international artists.
BFA in dance performance from Rhode Island College | MFA in Choreography from Smith College