Becka Vargus, dancer, has performed with Taylor 2, Maffei Dance Company, Avodah Dance Ensemble, Martita Goshen’s Earthworks, Vencl Dance Trio, Lincoln Center’s Little Orchestra, June Finch, and Sue Hogan, among others. She has toured throughout the United States, Europe, and India and was featured in the off-Broadway production of Phenomenon with Alyse Rothman’s Nerve Ensemble. Becka also has been a long-time teacher and dancer for the American Dance Legacy Initiative, introducing students to classics of American Modern Dance and performing in many of the Initiative’s dance etudes and reconstructions, including the film of Sophie Maslow’s The Village I Knew. She currently dances and serves as a Children’s Ballet Master for Dances Patrelle.

Becka graduated cum laude from Brown University, where she created and designed her own major in “Artistic Expression and Child Development,” and received the Susan Ross Steinfield prize for excellence in the performing arts. She has always been passionate about sharing her love of dance with young students. She also has been a dance teaching artist for Lincoln Center Education since 2007 and was on the faculty of Ballet Academy East for over ten years. She is delighted to be a Dance Curriculum Specialist for the Global K-12 Program at Juilliard Global Ventures.