Instructor

Chava Pearl Lansky is thrilled to be joining the Writopia Lab NYC team as an essay writing instructor! Originally from Amherst, Massachusetts, Chava graduated from Barnard College with a BA in Dance and English. Following a fellowship in the Music Division of the Library of Congress, Chava spent three and a half years as an editor at Pointe Magazine. She has also written on dance for publications including Tablet, Playbill, Dance Teacher Magazine, Dance Spirit Magazine, and Musical America, and is a regular contributor to Dance Magazine. In the fall of 2020, Chava joined The Graduate Center, CUNY's MA program in Biography and Memoir. Her studies explore the intersection of these two genres with a particular focus on the lives of mid-twentieth century American ballet and modern dancers. Chava is also the recipient of a 2020-2021 Research Assistantship through the Leon Levy Center for Biography.