Ms. Sandra Kaufmann is the founding director of the dance program at Loyola University. She teaches Modern I, Modern III, Ballet II, Ballet III and Ballet IV. Sandra danced in New York for the Martha Graham Dance Company and served as Artistic Director of the Martha Graham Ensemble. She also performed for many years in with Pearl Lang and Richard Move.

Ms. Kaufmann, as a choreographer, has created works for concert dance, musical theatre productions, opera, video and site specific works. She has been honored with awards from Dance Magazine Foundation, Tidmarsh Arts Foundation, The American College Dance Festival, Bossak/Heilbrun Foundation and Sloan Science and Technology Commission. Sandra has created many works based on the visual artworks as well as science. With Michael Bassett and Brian Green Sandra was the keynote speaker for Art/Science International's Annual Conference at the Museum of Natural History in New York in 2001. Sandra's latest work, Blue Window, is an adaption for stage of Chagall's stained glass masterpiece.

Ms. Kaufmann graduated summa cum laude from the College of Education and the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Northern Illinois University, where she gave the commencement address for both colleges. Sandra received talented student scholarships from Northern Illinois University and the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance. She is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and serves on the board of the Doris Humphrey Society.

Ms. Kaufmann, currently works as an independent choreographer, a reggisseur who restages the works of Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey and a dancer with MOMENTA Dance Company. Sandra has served on the faculty of Barnard College, New York University and The Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in New York. In Chicago she has taught at The Chicago Academy for the Arts, University of Chicago, The Academy of Movement and Music and Loyola University Chicago.