Annie Rigney is a New York based dancer, choreographer, educator and Ilan Lev Method therapist. She is a 2025 Harkness Promise Awardee and NYFA/NYSCA Artist Fellow and 2024 Bessie Award nominee. 

Annie’s work has been commissioned by institutions including the Martha Graham Dance Company, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Composers Now, and Resilience Dance Company and performed at venues including the Joyce Theater, 92NY, and Mexico City’s Teatro de la Ciudad. Her piece for the Graham Company, “Get Up, My Daughter”, was nominated for a 2024 Bessie Award. Her evening length work, “...she was becoming untethered.” premiered at 92NY during her time as the 2023-24 Artist in Residence. 

Annie has also been commissioned to create new work for the students at NYU Tisch, the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program, SUNY Purchase, and the University of the Arts. An alumnus of the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase, Annie danced with the Batsheva Ensemble and Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak Dance Company and was a cast member of Punchdrunk's immersive theater production, Sleep No More. Annie is currently an adjunct professor at the Ailey/Fordham BFA program.

A practitioner of the Ilan Lev Method since 2012, Annie runs a private practice treating dancers and musicians for injuries and functional limitations. She is currently the Director of the Ilan Lev Method School in New York.