Marisa Hayes is a Franco-American writer and artist. She has published reviews, books, and articles about dance for a variety of print and electronic media. Currently editor in chief of the French dance journal Repères, cahier de danse, Marisa also co-curates the International Video Dance Festival of Burgundy and teaches the Erasmus+ university summer dance program in Paris. Initially trained in classical ballet and contemporary dance techniques in the US, Marisa also studied butoh in Japan with Kazuo Ohno. She holds degrees in interdisciplinary arts, dance history, and visual studies from Goddard College (Vermont) and the Sorbonne in Paris.