Andre Lepecki is Associate Professor at the Department of Performance Studies at New York University. He is the author of Exhausting Dance: Performance and the Politics of Movement (translated into 6 languages), among other publications. He was co-curator of the interactive archive on dance and visual arts for the exhibition "Choreographing You" at the Hayward Gallery, London. He is recepient of the "Best Performance" Award from AICA (USA Section, 2008) for his co-curatorial and directorial work in the authorized re-doing of Allan Kaprow's 18 Happenings in 6 Parts. In 2008 and 2009 he was the curator of the performing arts festival IN TRANSIT, at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin.