Lucy Bowen McCauley is the artistic director, choreographer and creative energy behind Bowen McCauley Dance. Since founding the company in 1996, McCauley has created over 50 works ranging from lyrical ballets to highly physical contemporary pieces set to muscular rock music. Her BMD repertoire offers an unconventional array of genres that explore the inspirational interplay between music and dance.

A dancer since childhood, McCauley's early training at the Jordan School of Music & Dance (Indianapolis, Ind.) and the Interlochen Center for the Arts (Traverse City, Mich.) gave her a profound appreciation for both music and musicians that is manifest in her critically acclaimed work. Her music-infused choreography has been called a deft and frequently witty blending of modern dance’s innovative movement and ballet's delight in order and style.

At age 18 McCauley was offered a scholorship to the Joffrey School in NYC and performed with the Joffrey Concert Group. She also danced with the Maryland Ballet, the Virginia State Ballet, DC Contemporary Dance Theatre, Daniel West Dancers and was a founding member of Eric Hampton Dance.

McCauley has been awarded the Alumni Path of Inspiration award from the Interlochen Center for the Arts and the STAR Award for Artistic Excellence from the Arlington Commission for the Arts. Recently she was awarded the Elizabeth Campbell Award for the Advancement of the Arts in Arlington by the American Association of University Women. She is a 2008 graduate of Leadership Arlington.

Over the years McCauley has taught at The George Washington University, The Washington Ballet and has been a guest teacher at ABT, the Orlando Ballet, The Kennedy Center, Georgetown University and the Escuela Superior de Música y Danza in Monterrey, Mexico. She is currently on the faculty at the Maryland Youth Ballet, The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, Washington Ballet@THEARC and Studio Body Logic.