Esmé Julien Boyce is a choreographer, dancer and mother who makes interdisciplinary dance works. She holds a BFA in dance from The Juilliard School and an MFA in dance from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has presented work at 92nd Street Y, Dixon Place, Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Judson Church, Baryshnikov Arts Center, and Center for Performance Research. Her work was curated for the Judson Church performances of MoMA’s exhibition, “Judson Dance Theater: The Work is Never Done.” She was a 2016–2017 New Direction Choreography Lab Fellow at the Ailey School and returned to the Ailey School to choreograph for the 2018 BFA Fall Concert. Most recently, she was selected as an artist-in-residence for the fall 2023 Baryshnikov Arts BAC Open residency.