Aileen Passloff


Aileen Passloff is a dancer, director, choreographer, actor, and teacher who lives and works in New York City. In 1949-1953 she studied at Bennington College. She attended the American School of Ballet, where she met James Waring, and participated in his workshops and dance company. From 1958-68, Passloff ran the Aileen Passloff Dance Company in New York City. She was a member of the experimental dance collective Judson Dance Theater and part of their retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. She was a professor of dance at Bard College for 40 years. Passloff stars in Marta Renzi's film Her Magnum Opus in 2018.