Karen A. Fuhrman

Karen A. Fuhrman is the Artistic Director for the aerial dance troupe, Grounded Aerial, and specializes in modern dance and aerial dance theater that utilizes harnesses and apparatus-based movement for her choreography. As a dancer, her recent performance credits include Pilobolus Dance Theater, Danny Ezrelo (Film: "Love and other Things"), Cavalia of Cirque du Soleil, De La Guarda (off-Broadway NYC), MOMIX dance company's U.S. and European tours, New York Stage Original's DREAM, Ballet Sh'ma at the 92nd Street Y in New York, and the Fourth Dimension Dance Company in the Seoul Opera House, Korea. Ms. Fuhrman has contributed to the choreography for both MOMIX and Pilobolus in both National and International tours. She has performed/choreographed in many other venues throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia; along with appearances on the VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards, Conan O'Brian Show ('07 and '08), Ellen Degeneres show, Good Morning America, The Academy Awards (Oscars) 2007, MTV, PBS, CBS, ABC, and Showtime. Karen has studied dance, theater, and voice while earning her BFA from Kutztown University in Pennsylvania. She also received her MA from New York University with an emphasis on Choreography and Higher Education.