Adam Barruch began his career as a young actor, performing professionally on Broadway and in film and television, working with prominent figures such as Tony Bennett, Jerry Herman and Susan Stroman. He later received dance training at LaGuardia High School for Music & Art and Performing Arts. After three years, he graduated early and was accepted into the dance department at The Juilliard School. As a dancer he has performed the works of Jiri Kylian, Ohad Naharin, Susan Marshall, Jose Limon, Daniele Dèsnoyers, and was a dancer with Sylvain Émard Danse in Montreal. He has also worked with The Margie Gillis Dance Foundation, performing and researching Conflict Transformation as part of The Legacy Project. Based in Brooklyn, Adam currently creates and performs work with own company, Anatomiae Occultii. 

Adam has also created works for companies such as The Limón Company, Ailey II, Keigwin + Company, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, River North Dance Chicago, BalletX, Whim W’Him Seattle Contemporary Dance, Graham II, GroundWorks Dance Theater, Minnesota Dance Theatre, The Gibney Dance Company, 10 Hairy Legs, and Daniel Costa Dance—as well as for dance icons Margie Gillis and Miki Orihara. 

Adam Barruch is also the developer of ‘Dynamic Sequencing,’ a movement practice desig Fned to promote expansive range, healthful coordination and optimal awareness in motion. He has taught at Princeton University, The Boston Conservatory, Fordham University, Marymount Manhattan College, The Martha Graham School, The Hartt School, The Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College, New York University, Hofstra University, West Virginia University, SUNY Brockport, Texas Christian University, The Hubbard Street Professional Training Program and internationally at La Escuela Profesional de Danza de Mazatlán (EPDM), New Zealand School of Dance and Ballet Divertimento in Montreal. 

He is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Acupuncture at Pacific College of Health and Science.