Jody Sperling is the Founder and Artistic Director of Time Lapse Dance. A dancer, choreographer and dance scholar based in New York City, Sperling has gained an international reputation as an expert on Loïe Fuller and is the foremost contemporary interpreter of Fuller’s style. In the past decade, Sperling has created more than 25 works, including five solos and four group works that pay homage to Fuller, and many others that fuse modern dance and circus arts. She has taught, lectured and/or performed in the US, Canada, France, India, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Nigeria and Russia.

Sperling has received commissions from the Vermont Performance Lab & Marlboro College, The University of Wyoming through the NEA American Masterpieces Program and the Streb Lab for Action Mechanics (S.L.A.M.) for the creation of a new aerial work. Her work Roman Sketches is in the repertory of Holland’s Introdans ensemble.

As a dancer, Sperling has performed in the works of other choreographers including a revival of Yvonne Rainer’s 1960s landmark Trio A. Sperling has served on the Board of Directors of the Society of Dance History Scholars and has presented at the Society’s conferences. She holds an MA in Performance Studies (NYU) and a BA in Dance and Italian (Wesleyan). Her writings have appeared in Dance Magazine, The Village Voice, The SDHS Conference Proceedings, The International Encyclopedia of Dance and she is contributing essays to two forthcoming books.