Piper Morrison is a dancer, improviser, and image maker seeking play, conversation, and experimentation in her movement practice. With a background in Contact Improvisation, she is curious lately about what lies on the outside edges of risky weight sharing, modulation of tension and release, and finding where softness and rigor can coexist in the body and self. 

Throughout High School, Piper studied choreographic language and Laban Movement Analysis at Friends Seminary, culminating in a senior showcase of her work. She also choreographed multiple pieces for the annual Dancers Responding to Aids fundraiser at the school over five years. She recently received her Bachelor’s in Dance and American Studies from Oberlin College with a focus in screen-dance. In 2021, Friends Seminary presented her short film LAPSE in “Alone Together: A Concert of Dance on Video”. LAPSE was also a winner in the Experimental Film category in the 2020 Josiah Media Festival. In 2021, a segment of her screen-dance experiments were set to a score by Sasha Frere-Jones and presented in Meredith Monk/The House Foundation’s Virtual Gala, CONNECTED: Voicing Resilience & Optimism. Most recently, Piper directed Up To The Light in deep collaboration with Jonah Belsky, which was selected for the Reason d’etre Dance Film Festival in 2023. While at Oberlin, Piper worked closely with Dances for Solidarity, spearheading a chapter in Oberlin, OH and supporting the project as their Communications Coordinator. Over the past four years, she has facilitated Contact Improvisation classes in Oberlin, Ohio and New York City and worked in a handful of New York City schools teaching Lower and Middle School dance and movement classes.