Choreographer, dancer, and educator, Ms. Reedy was the founder and artistic director of Karen Reedy Dance (KRD) from 2007-2015. A highly musical artist with strong choreographic sensibilities for pattern, texture and emotion, her works span the continuum of classical and contemporary dance in traditional as well as site specific performance. Her work is often highly collaborative with musicians and visual artists. 

Ms. Reedy was the recipient of a 2008 Kennedy Center Local Dance Commissioning Grant for the creation of Sleepwalking and was a 2012-2013 American Dance Institute Incubator Artist for the creation of Albatross. With an interest in creating dance specifically for film, she was awarded the 2014-2015 Mathy Junior Faculty Award for the research of her first screendance titled Les Falaises. 

Ms. Reedy’s choreography is in the repertory of companies and colleges throughout the country. As a dancer, Ms. Reedy has performed with The Mark Morris Dance Group, Robert Battle, Eric Hampton Dance, DC Dance Theater, Luis Johnson and Sue Bernhard among others. As dance educator, Ms. Reedy has been among the faculty at the Juilliard School, The Mark Morris Dance Group, The Washington Ballet and The Chautauqua Institution. 

An Associate Professor of Dance at George Mason University, she has been on faculty since 2006 and has received awards including the Excellence in Teaching Award and the Alumni Service Award. Ms. Reedy served in the role of Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in the College of Visual and Performing Arts during the 2019-2020 academic year and was the Director of the School of Dance from 2020-2024. This is her 20th season choreographing for the Alexandria Singers!