Claudia McDonald holds a B.F.A. in dance from Fordham University/The Ailey School. She was a member of Jessica Lang Dance, both as dancer and rehearsal director, performing around the country as well as abroad. McDonald has also restaged Lang’s work, including her choreography in Seattle Opera’s production of Aida. She has performed with the Mark Morris Dance Group in The Hard Nut, Romeo & Juliet, On Motifs of Shakespeare, and L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato. Most recently, she danced in Morris’s production of Orfeo ed Euridice at the Metropolitan Opera.