Mindy Cooper has had the privilege of spending the last 40 years working as a dancer, choreographer, director, producer and teacher. From dance companies (Twyla Tharp Dance, Eliot Feld Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Thingsezisee’m Dance Theater) to Broadway/Off-Broadway (Chicago, Titanic, Song and Dance, Beauty and the Beast, Dracula The Musical, Being Seen, The Eternal Space, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, Live!, 50 Shades – The Musical Parody, Soul Doctor, Wrong Mountain), her passion for new works has always steered her career. She has created works for NYMF, FringeNYC, National New Play Network, National Tours, NYSF, Peak Performances, and Town Hall NYC.  She is Co-Founder/Co-Director of Catalyst: A Theatre Think Tank, a festival of new works on the campus of UC Davis, where she is a Professor of Theatre and Dance. Her extensive regional work has won numerous Bay Area Theater Critics, Theater Bay Area and Broadway World Awards. She is the Chair of the Advisory Board of the Ann Reinking Scholarship Program, created to support and mentor young dancers early in their professional careers. mindycooper.com catalyst3T.com offthelane.org