BIOGRAPHY

Lila Kushner is pursuing her BFA at Boston Conservatory at Berklee in contemporary dance performance with a minor in psychology. At the conservatory Lila has performed works including pieces by Key’Aira Lockett, Ruka Hatua-Saar White,  T. Lang, Victor Quijada and Brian Brooks. Her training includes ballet, modern, jazz, floorwork, improvisation and contemporary partnering. Lila is committed to the craft of contemporary and post-modern dance composition. She has focused these past years on choreography that collaborates with music composers and she has had the privilege to collaborate with the Music Composition Department at Berklee School of Music. Outside of the Conservatory, Lila has choreographed works at Philadelphia Dance Theatre that have premiered at multiple Regional Dance America festivals. 

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Growing up training at Philadelphia Dance Theatre under the direction of Joy Delaney Capponi, Lila was able to perform works by notable artists including Cain Coleman, Gary Jeter  and Kiley Dolaway. She often returns as a visiting guest artist at Philadelphia Dance Theatre. Lila’s passion for the artform and desire for versatility has inspired her to enrich her training with programs including intensives at Mark Morris Dance Group, Batsheva Dance Company and Vim Vigor Dance Company.