Kate Monson is an  Assistant Professor of dance and Faculty Affiliate of gerontology at Brigham Young University.  She has an MFA from Ohio State University and is a Certified Laban/Bartenieff Analyst and is certified to teach Labanotation.  She researches dance technique pedagogy and conditioning and has created a conditioning program with Amy Markgraf for collegiate modern dancers. This led to her interest in aging and ageism in dance, and the creation of her dance documentary And I Continue:A Conversation about Dance and Aging.  Kate is the co-producer, with Kori Wakamatsu and Ashley Anderson, of On Site Mobile Dance Series, a concert dance series produced in non-traditional community spaces. When not dancing she is sun lizard, raising four desert children with her husband Quin.