About

ERIN LANDERS is a choreographer, dancer, mime, and teacher, currently based in the Twin Cities, MN. Her choreography pursues poetic logic in movement-based work, often integrating a range of performance elements to create a multilayered experience. Her work has been presented by Arts On Site, PRELUDE Festival, The Neuberger Museum, and MOtiVE Brooklyn, and commissioned by Zenon Dance’s Zone Program, The Trust Performing Arts Center, and University of Minnesota Opera Theatre.

Landers is also a creative partner with performance technology incubator Brooklyn Motion Capture Dance Ensemble (NYC) and multifaceted community liberation organization dNaga Dance Company (Oakland, CA), among other projects. Erin was a cofounder of New York based repertory dance company A-Y/dancers where she performed in works by José Limón, Merce Cunningham, Doug Varone, Hannah Garner, and Amanda Krische.

Raised in a musical household in Northern California, Erin grew up immersing herself in ballet, modern dance, and traditional forms including Irish, Zimbabwean, and Balkan dance, before earning her BFA at SUNY Purchase. Erin has supported her development as a teacher by studying dance pedagogy including the Corvino ballet approach and Limón Technique.

She currently teaches at Zenon Dance and Curio Dance.

Artist statement and resume available upon request.