Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance

Kate is a Bloomington native and alumna of the IU Contemporary Dance Program. Her professional career led her to Colorado where she was a company member and instructor for 3rd Law Dance/Theatre, a company member and rehearsal director for Nosilla Dance Project, and guest choreographer for Industrial Dance Alliance.

Beyond performance she has been a stage manager at IU for “Moving Memory Project” in 2019, a lighting and costume consultant for Nosilla Dance Project, an illustrator for 3rd Law Dance/Theater’s promotional media, collaborated in building curricula for dance and music outreach for elementary schools in Colorado, and assisted in reconstructing and setting Elizabeth Shea’s works at IU and the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in Israel. Kate has appeared in several dance and music festivals including White Wave Dance Festival, Denver Convergence Festival, Boulder International Fringe Festival, NYC Electroacoustic Music Festival, Midwest RADfest, and American Dance Guild Festival.

Kate is a recipient of Bloomington Arts Commission’s 2023 Emerging Artist Grant for a multidisciplinary collaboration to be performed at FAR Gallery in October 2023. Her most recent projects include offering community improvisation and modern classes at various Bloomington studios, rehearsal directing for guest artists Braeden Barnes, Evelyn Wang, Dr. Prathiba Nateson Bately, and Erik Abbott-Main for IUDT’s Faculty Concerts, her performance in Elizabeth Shea’s Rhythm Runs Through It at RADFest 2023 and White Wave’s Solo/Duo Festival in 2022 and Ascension at the Eskenazi Museum of Art in November 2019, her collaborative work Wintertraumen with composer Chi Wang of the Jacob’s School in August 2019, and her continued work with IU dance majors. In addition to her adjunct faculty role, she is the Dance BFA Liaison for the Contemporary Dance Program.