Erika Batdorf has written, created, performed, directed and choreographed original movement theater since 1983. Her solo works have appeared in such places as the Smithsonian Institute, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Landegg Academy for International Development in Switzerland, Nine Dragon Heads International Art Symposium in South Korea, France, Hawaii, Mexico, Harvard University, the Movement Theater Festival International and the Women's Theater Festival in Philadelphia, Trinity Repertory Theatre in Providence, RI, for three years featured at Boston’s Women on Top theatre festival and in NYC for PS122, Dixon Place, Moonworks, So Grand Studio's Movement Theater Festival and the NY International Fringe Festival. She has performed in Toronto at Theatre Passe Muraille backspace, twice in Nightwood’s Hysteria at Buddies in Bad Times and in Rhubarb! Batdorf performed for the UN conference in Switzerland entitled, ‘The Role of Women in a United Europe’, the UN Global Summit in Copenhagen and at the Jakarta Arts Center for the 7th International Women Playwrights Conference in Indonesia. She has performed, created plays and guest directed for universities and theatres across the USA. She ran The Batdorf School for Movement Theatre in Boston for several years, currently teaches at York University in Toronto and is an Associate Playwright at CanStage. She has received 4 Dora nominations since 2005 (two for new plays, one for performance and one for directing).

This past year The Red Horse is Leaving, her newest solo ran for three weeks in Toronto at the Theatre Centre and also in Michigan and Mexico. She co-created and directed Gorey Story for The Thistle Project in Toronto which was listed number three on the ‘best theatre of 2006’ in NOW magazine and received 4 Dora nominations. This spring she did some theatre coaching for Denise Fujiwara’s new dance trio No Exit and her solo Water and movement coaching for Archipelago Theatre’s Twilight Café.

This summer she will be co-creating and directing Faye Dupras in Bird’s Eye View for Summerworks 07 and is developing a dance theatre duet for NYC’s Digby Dance scheduled to premier in Boston spring 08.