Liv Schaffer

Liv Schaffer (she/her) is a dancer, choreographer, and educator with a focus on intergenerational practice. She has performed with AXIS Dance Company, DanceWorks Chicago, Robert Moses’ Kin, and the Dance Exchange. Liv is a Community Engagement Artist with Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, and on faculty at University of San Francisco’s Performing Arts & Social Justice department, where she teaches contemporary technique and directs an on campus intergenerational dance company, Dance Generators. Liv’s choreography has been presented by Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, ODC Theater, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, RAWDance SF, The Big Muddy Dance Company, LINES Ballet BFA Program and Western Michigan University. Liv’s creative work is simultaneously anchored in social services and aging spaces; she is the Intergenerational Director with EngAGE, designing experiences that bridge generational divides within affordable housing communities across California and Oregon. Liv was named a 2021 Gen2Gen Innovation Fellow by CoGenerate, and a 2025 LABA Bay Area Fellow. Liv serves on the Board of Directors for San Francisco Village, a membership organization that supports older adult San Franciscans aging in place.

• Community engaged dance
• Intergenerational practice
• Contemporary dance technique

• Arts & aging 

• Member, Interdisciplinary Committee on Aging (2020-2025)
• Director, Dance Generators (2018-2025)

• Dominican University of California, BFA in Dance, 2013

• Intergenerational Director, EngAGE Inc. (2020-2025)
• Community Engagement Artist, Jacob's Pillow (2014-2025)

• LABA Bay Area Fellow, 2025
• University of San Francisco College of Arts and Sciences College Service Award, 2023
• CoGenerate Gen2Gen Innovation Fellow, 2021
• Lane Center Faculty Fellow, 2021