Deborah Black received a BFA with honors in dance from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with a second major in Art History in 2002.  In addition to working with Anneke, Deborah finds herself in the studio and in nature with collaborator, Karl Cronin.  She maintains a daily performance practice of The Runner (2007) and I’ll Crane For You (2008), solos commissioned from Deborah Hay and has performed The Runner in New York and in Europe.  Deborah has also been in works by Susan Rethorst, Sasha Welsh, Naomi Goldberg-Haas, and Allison D’Amato.   Her choreography has been produced in Berlin (The Lucky Trimmer Tanz Performance Serie, Tacheles), Bedburg-Hau (ArToll artist residency), London (The Place), and many venues in New York.  She studies the Alexander Technique regularly with June Ekman.  Deborah has designed costumes for the American Dance Festival, Cherylyn Lavagnino, and Sarah Lawrence College.