Marsha Guirlande Pierre is a Haitian-American freelance artist based in the Bronx, New York. She began her dance training at Knecht Dance Academy in Levittown, Pennsylvania under the direction of Elise Knecht. She graduated from Montclair State University with a Bachelors in Fine Arts in Dance Performance in May 2019. Throughout college, Marsha performed works by Camille A. Brown, Bill T. Jones, Daniel Shapiro and Joanie Smith, and Alwin Nikolais. Outside of Montclair State repertory she has performed professional works with Earl Mosley’s Diversity of Dance, The Nathaniel Hunt Project, VOID: a female memory, Padierna Dance Project, and The Lab by SGalberth. Since graduating, she has worked with Gaspard & Dancers as well as Maxine Steinmein & Dancers. She joined Limón Dance Company as an apprentice during their 2019-2020 season. Marsha also interned for Sidra Bell Dance New York and is a member of ARTS by the People, a non-profit organization where she coordinated educational art programs for groups ranging from after school programs to senior living activities. In early 2021, she debuted as a lead dancer for the music video If You Care by the artist Q. She is pleased and excited to join G&D this season.