Ruth Lewis

Ruth Lewis joined our board in 2025, after volunteering behind the scenes for many years. A former professional ballet dancer with American Repertory Ballet, she founded Dimensional Dance, a professional dance company located in Hartford, Connecticut in 2011. She is also a Connecticut teaching artist who teaches choreography and environmental justice workshops in the Hartford public schools.

In addition to her work as an artist, Ruth has been teaching yoga at Big Sky Fitness in Farmington for the last fourteen years. A lifelong gardener, Ruth has a passion for the outdoors and brings her growing expertise in replacing invasive plants with native species to the Avon Land Trust board and its parcels. She was recently certified in invasive plant removal.

When not working or hiking on land trust properties, Ruth helps maintain the vegetable garden at Sycamore Hills Recreation Area for the Garden Club of Avon and regularly volunteers at Gifts of Love in town. Ruth resides in Avon with her husband and fellow Board member, Scott, where they have lived for twenty years and raised their two adult children.