is a choreographer and a Bessie-nominated performer based in Brooklyn, NY. She has been called “a human gazelle” by the Brooklyn Rail and her work lauded as "The High Wierd." Recent work includes: American Idle Concept & Dir. by Maia Chao, commissioned by Times Square Arts (choreographer), Friday Night Rat Catchers (Under the Radar/Live Artery 2026 @ New York Live Arts (NYLA), world premiere NYLA March 2025, w/Lisa Fagan), Deepe Darknesse (NYLA 2024, The Collapsable Hole 2023 w/Lisa Fagan), all i want is what you want (Exponential Festival 2022 w/Jo Warren). Recent performance credits include: this is the beginning, this is the end by Joanna Kotze, Adult Relationships by Ben Gassman, Oceanic Feeling by Faye Driscoll, 1-800-3592-113592 by performance collective CHILD, They All Lived Here by Isa Spector, Procession by Alexa West, Then She Fell by Third Rail Company (2019-20). She and Fagan received the Foundation for Contemporary Art's 2025 Artists Grant and she was the inaugural Alumni Resident at Colorado College (CC). She has taught at CC, Barnard College, University of Maryland, and others. Lena holds a B.A. in Mathematics from CC. @lena-engelstein