Deborah Damast is director and clinical associate professor of dance education at the New York University Steinhardt School, where she teaches classes, directs concerts, oversees outreach, and serves as director for the Uganda study abroad program. She has presented at numerous conferences, and her choreography has been performed in more than one hundred venues in New York City, including the Ailey Citigroup Theatre; Peridance Center, World Financial Center, and Symphony Space. She has worked throughout the United States, and internationally in Canada, Italy, Japan, Korea, and Uganda. Damast has been active in numerous professional organizations and has written curricula for Peridance and New York City Ballet, among others. She is the recipient of the 2010 Outstanding Dance Educator Award from the National Dance Education Organization, the 2019 New York University Steinhardt Excellence in Teaching Award, and the 2020 Dance Teacher Magazine Award.