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MJ Thompson (Ph.D., Performance Studies, New York University 2009) is a writer and teacher working on dance, performance, and visual art. She is Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies and Practices, in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Concordia University in Montreal. Her dissertation, “Impure Movement: Mundane Body Techniques in 20th Century American Choreography,” was recipient of the Cynthia Jean Cohen Bull Memorial Award for Academic Excellence. She was a Lillian S. Robinson Fellow at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute in Montreal in 2010. Her articles have appeared in Ballettanz, Border Crossings, The Brooklyn Rail, Canadian Art, Dance Current, Dance Ink, Dance Magazine, The Drama Review, Women and Performance, Theatre Journal, and elsewhere.