Raïna von Waldenburg is former full-time faculty at NYU Tisch School of the Arts where she taught Grotowski-based physical acting at the Experimental Theatre Wing for 17 years. Since moving to Vancouver in 2012, she has been faculty at Simon Fraser University, University of the Fraser Valley, and the Art Institute of Vancouver. Raïna received her MFA in creative writing from Goddard College, and her BFA in acting from New York University. For 30 years she has been performing, writing, directing, mentoring, and teaching workshops in embodied performance and devising. Raïna continues to work with artists to develop original material.