Jill Becker directed the Dance Program at Antioch College from 2001-2008 and is currently on the faculties of the Nonstop Liberal Arts Institute and Ohio Wesleyan University.  She was the recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Choreographer’s Fellowship and Artists Fellowhship through the Community Arts Partnership (Ithaca, NY).  She directed Jill Becker and Dancers, Inc. in New York City form 1980-1986, and has toured extensively in Holland, Germany, and North America.  Ms. Becker travels with Portraits of Women, an evening of dances about contemporary and historical female figures.  She holds a BA in Dance from the State University of New York at Brockport and an MA in Performing Arts from the American University in Washington, D.C.