Rowan Salem, MFA,  is a dance artist and educator originally from Massachusetts, currently based in Ohio.  Rowan earned a Masters of Fine Arts in Choreography and Performance as a Teaching Fellow/Gretchen Moran Scholar at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.  Her work incorporates compositional improvisation and exploring perspective shifts through choreography and performance. She has performed in the work of Jennifer Nugent, Chris Aiken, Angie Hauser, Tara Rynders, and Kate Speer. Her work has been presented at Green Street Studios in Boston, MA, The Dance Complex in Boston, MA, Third Life Studios in Cambridge, MA, Lesley University in Boston, MA, The School for Contemporary Dance and Thought in Northampton, MA, Smith College, Amherst College, Control Group Productions in Denver, CO, Mutual Dance Theater in Cincinnati, OH and she was a Create Award Resident at Art Gym in Denver, CO. She is a recipient of ArtsWave’s 2023 Black and Brown artists grant for her work, Viewpoints Embodied: Middle Eastern Voices in Cincinnati.  Her teaching is influenced by Humphrey/Limón technique, contact improvisation, and contemporary forms. Current teaching affiliations include Xavier University, Northern Kentucky University, and Cincinnati Ballet Academy.