LENA ENGELSTEIN is a dancer, performer, and choreographer. Her work has been dubbed “The High Weird” by critics and lauded as “subtly campy and hilariously queer” by the Brooklyn Rail. She has been part of the interdisciplinary performance collective CHILD, headed by Lisa Fagan, since 2019. Her recent collaborative work with Fagan Deepe Darknesse was presented in New York Live Arts’ Live Artery 2024. She has performed work by Alexa West, Barnett Cohen, Brendan Drake, Chafin Seymour, Falcon Dance (company member, 2018-present), Isa Spector, Owen Prum + Lili Dekker, Miguel Alejandro Castillo, and Third Rail Company (Then She Fell company member, 2019-2020). Engelstein has created new works with performer and director Magda San Millan and choreographer Jo Warren. She choreographs for and performs with the band Lou Tides, and the forthcoming Ben Gassman play. She has taught dance technique, improvisation, and directing at SUNY Brockport, Colorado Mesa University, Barnard College, University of Maryland, and The Field Center. Lena holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Colorado College.