Sarah Young (she/her) has been exploring the Underscore since 2011, beginning with her first talk-through with Nancy Stark Smith at Eden’s Expressway in New York City. Since 2020, she has co-coordinated the Global Underscore and has been part of the Underscore +/- research group in Northampton, Massachusetts, US, since 2013. Her experience includes the Underscore-based performance installation Glimpse 2 at 92nd Street Y in NYC (2014), Nancy Stark Smith’s January Workshop (2020), and Explore Underscore in Bremen, Germany (2024). Alongside the Underscore, she is also interested in Nancy’s “States of Grace.”
Sarah is a teacher and practitioner of contact improvisation, a Guild Certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner, former director of Earthdance in Plainfield, Massachusetts, and a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco. She holds a BFA in Dance from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and will begin her MFA at Smith College in Fall 2024. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, and Stolzenhagen, Germany.