Nina Martin, PhD, MFA, (Ft. Worth) is a choreographer and master teacher having worked in New York City, across the US, Europe, South America, and Asia.  Performance credits include David Gordon Pick-Up Company, Mary Overlie, Deborah Hay, and Simone Forti, Martha Clarke, and PBS Dance in America Beyond the Mainstream with Steve Paxton and others.  She was a founding member of Channel Z performance collective, New York Dance Intensive School, Lower Left Performance Collective, and presently is board president of Marfa Live Arts.  Martin is an independent artist and assistant professor at TCU School for Classical & Contemporary Dance.