At age 14, she danced in Washington, DC, for President Kennedy as part of a group from the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan.
[12][13] Lerman's early work included older dancers alongside young performers[14] and used personal narrative.
[18] She and her dancers collaborated with professionals in various fields, including shipbuilders, physicists, construction workers, and cancer researchers.
[3] These include “Rattle around in someone else’s universe,”[3] “Turn discomfort into inquiry,”[3]and “Nothing is too small to notice.”[21] Lerman created the Critical Response Process (CRP), a method for giving and receiving feedback, in 1990.
[3] She co-authored the book Critical Response Process: A Method for Getting Useful Feedback on Anything You Make, from Dance to Dessert with John Borstel.