Sarah M. Barry, MFA, CLMA, is the Artistic Director of Yonder Contemporary Dance Company, which has performed across the southeast region in the US and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. She is a Professor of Dance and serves as Associate Chair of Dance at the University of Alabama. She served as Department Chair from 2019-2022. Sarah also serves on the Board of Directors for the National Dance Education Organization as Secretary. She teaches contemporary technique, choreography, pedagogy, and Laban/Bartenieff Studies. Sarah was honored to be a Leadership Board Faculty Fellow, as well as a recipient of UA’s prestigious Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award and the Druid City Arts Award for Dance Educator of the Year. Sarah’s choreography has been shown across the U.S. and in Italy, Switzerland, and Scotland. She was awarded an NEA American Masterpieces grant and the Alabama State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Grant. Sarah’s screendances have been selected for FilmFest by Rogue Dancer, Dance Camera Istanbul, the Kalamata International Dance Festival, the Festival Miden in Greece, the San Francisco Dance Film Festival, the Utah Dance Film Festival, and Motion Captured in Texas. She also has publications in the Journal of Dance Education and the Journal of the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science.