Teena Marie is an artist and healer based in Pittsburgh, PA. Her solo choreographic work has been presented at Sadler's Wells in London, and then toured around the US. She has created street dance theater works for over 35 university dance departments around the country, and after receiving an M.F.A. from Ohio State, was on faculty at Slippery Rock University and the American Dance Festival. She is a member of Venus Fly and Get Down Gang street dance crews, and has been with Ephrat Asherie Dance since 2012, while also touring with Bill "Crutchmaster" Shannon.