Jody Oberfelder é diretora, coreógrafa e realizadora. 

Recentemente criou projectos como Madame Ovary (2019), On the Move Shortly, 4 Chambers (2013/14) e The Brain Piece (2015/2018).

Oberfelder já colaborou com Asad Raza (Whitney Biennial 2017), Steve Paxton (MoMA 2012) e Simone Forti (MoMA: Judson Church: The Work is Never Done 2018-2019). 

Foi professora convidada nas universidades: Bryn Mawr University, Temple University, University of Hawaii, New York University, Middlebury College, Wayne State University, Moravian College, and Alfred University. 

Foi premiada com Joyce Theater Residency, a New York Foundation for the Arts BUILD Grant, and funding from NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.

A sua companhia, Jody Oberfelder Projects (JOP), já esteve presente internacionalmente, Museu dos Biscaínhos (Braga, Portugal), NoD (Prague), Gallus Theater Guelph Dance Festival, Centre National de la Danse in Paris, Die Werkstatt in Dusseldorf, The Pusan National Theater in Korea, The 20th Annual International Festival of Modern Dance in Seoul, and The Belgrade Dance Festival (with performances at The Belgrade State Theater in Serbia and the State Theater of Montenegro in Podorica) to Jacob's Pillow, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Dance New Amsterdam, MASS MoCA, Washington College, and The Yard in Martha's Vineyard.

Como realizadora, conta com dez filmes da sua autoria: Dance of the Neurons, Come Sit Stay, Head First, Duet, Chance Encounters, LineAge, Rapt, Dizzy Memoir and Snew. 

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