Joanne Edelmann

• Poetry Series Curator
• Master Teacher, Movement

Joanne Edelmann (Master Teacher) was a modern dancer for over twenty years, touring and performing throughout the US. She joined the Stella Adler Studio of Acting’s movement faculty in 1984 where along with teaching she is a movement coach and directs physical theatre projects.
Ms. Edelmann was the Studio’s Director of Student Affairs and Director of the Teenage Conservatory for over thirteen years. She is the Curator for the Harold Clurman Poetry Reading Series. In 2013 Ms. Edelmann began her Movement Theatre – Poetry class at the Rose M. Singer Center (women’s facility) on Rikers Island. The Rikers’ class performs for an invited audience several times a year.
Ms. Edelmann’s latest project is Patricia Frisk. A performance art installation that calls attention to the “pat and frisk” policy for incarcerated people.
She has taught throughout the US, Argentina, South Korea and Vieques, Puerto Rico. She developed Movement Techniques, a dance-based class that begins with the actors speaking poetry. The class allows the actor to move with truth, alignment and strength on stage and film.