Claire Decker is an Ohio-based dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker who combines performance art with visual art. She is working towards a BFA in dance with a concentration of performance and choreography at Slippery Rock University. At SRU, she is currently a Technology Worker who archives dance material and creates social media content. Claire has performed pieces by Staycee Pearl and Jaka Zakajinn at SRU’s Emerging Artist Concert and Guest and Faculty Dance Concert. She has performed in pieces choreographed by other students through SRU Dance Theater and is involved in National Honor Society of Dance Arts. She has also attended the Ohio State Dance Summer Intensive at the Ohio State University, Whirlwind Dance’s Lab, The Maker’s Intensive, along with Point Park University’s International Summer Dance. Her dance film, “what exactly did you expect to find here?” was screened through the American College Dance Association and Cleveland Dance Fest’s virtual gallery. Recently, she interned at Dance On Camera’s Festival in NYC. She also had the chance to perform Gianna Dobrich’s work “wilted figs” in the American College Dance Association this spring. Claire just published her third dance film, “In Our Nature” and is actively applying to dance film festivals to further share her ideas artistically.