Gretchen Dunn is a retired Occupational Therapist, who, when she retired, began to dance. Her great pleasure is Contact Improvisation. In 2006 she became a Certified Movement Analyst from the Laban Institute of Movement Studies and teaches Laban/Bartenieff based movement classes to older adults and private students. Other passions are beads and bead history, and baking. When she moved to Maryland from Manhattan in 1987, she organized her new community recycling program—fulfilling the dream of her 3-year old self who wanted to be a garbage collector.