Michael Richter is a Language of Dance® (motif notation) Certification Specialist and an authorized Sensory Awareness leader. He cofounded and directed Move, Dance, and Yoga, which provided dance integration and professional development residencies to 40 elementary schools in Los Angeles. Michael was a professor of Creative Dance at California State University, Northridge and returning faculty for the Curriculum-in-Motion program at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in western Massachusetts. He is currently co-developing and co-teaching the online Language of Dance Master Practitioner certification series, in addition to the Dancing Reading Online group, for international teachers and choreographers.