Chava Pearl Lansky is a Dance Magazine contributing writer and proofreader pursuing an MA in Biography and Memoir at the CUNY Graduate Center. Originally from Amherst, MA, she holds a BA in Dance and English from Barnard College. Formerly an associate editor at Pointe, Chava has also written on dance for publications including Tablet, Playbill, Musical America, Dance Teacher and Dance Spirit Magazine. Chava is based in New York City, where she works part-time as an essay writing instructor at Writopia Lab.