Linda Mannheim has a distinguished career in Dance Performance and Dance Education and has expanded exposure to Dance through therapeutic community programs. Linda is a founding member of the “I’ll Have What She’s Having” Dance Project. Additionally, as a performer, Linda has danced with the Martha Graham Dance Company, Daniel West Company, Liz Lerman Company, David Holmes Company, and the City Dance Ensemble. She has also performed with the Kennedy Center Artist in Education Program. She is a former Fellow with the Dance Program at the National Endowment for the Arts, where she stayed to serve on the dance staff.

As an Educator, Linda was Assistant Professor of Dance at American University and Rider University. She has served on the faculties of Princeton Ballet School, Princeton Dance Theater, Washington Ballet, and Maryland Youth Ballet. Linda has a BFA and an MFA in Dance from Florida State University and an MPA in Public Administration from Syracuse University/Maxwell School. She is also a Nationally Certified Pilates instructor since 1998, holding an additional Master’s Program Degree from the Pilates Center in Boulder, CO. Additionally, she has a certification from the KSG Heritage Legacy Program (Kathleen Stafford Grant).

Linda has continued her advanced studies of anatomy/pathologies/Pilates through the Movement Science Made Simple (MSMS) courses, where she received her certification in 2024. Linda has expanded access to dance and Pilates through her work with the Breast Cancer Resource Coalition. She has taught Dance for Parkinson’s Disease at Princeton Dance Theater, Capital Health Hospital and currently with ARB/Princeton Ballet School with gratitude and love for DPD since 2011.