Amelia Koper Heintzelman is a dancer based in New York City. She is interested in collectivity and co-authorship to deconstruct hierarchical practices in choreography. Amelia has been an Artist-in-Residence at Chashama ChaNorth, Chez Bushwick, School for Contemporary Dance and Thought, a Fellow at University Settlement, and Associate Artist studying under Deborah Hay at Atlantic Center for the Arts. Her work has been presented at Contemporary Arts Center, Essex Flowers Gallery, Lubov Gallery, Center for Performance Research, and other spaces throughout the US and France. 
 As a performer, she has had the honor of working with Phoebe Berglund, Christine Bonansea, Juli Brandon, Jemila MacEwan, Sara Shelton Mann, and collaboratively with Leah Fournier under their fake company name, Middle Space Dance. She teaches yoga and Comedy Pilates, as seen in the New York Times.