Carl Flink

rdf:langString Carl Flink

rdf:langString Carl Flink

rdf:langString Carl Flink

rdf:langString Two Mcknight Artist Fellowships for Choreographers

rdf:langString Minnesota Sage Award for Dance - Outstanding Ensemble Black Label Movement

rdf:langString B.A., Political Science and Women's Studies

rdf:langString J.D., Law

rdf:langString American

rdf:langString Choreographer, dancer, director and academic

rdf:langString Black Label Movement Artistic Director

rdf:langString Nadine Jette Sween Professor of Dance

rdf:langString Carl Flink is an American choreographer, dancer, director and academic based in Minneapolis, MN USA. He is the founder and artistic director of Black Label Movement, a contemporary dance company based in Minneapolis. He is also the Nadine Jette Sween Professor of Dance and director of the dance program at University of Minnesota. Flink was a member of the Jose Limón Dance Company from 1992 to 1998, among other NYC based dance companies including Creach/Koester Men Dancing, Janis Brenner & Dancers and Nina Winthrop & Dancers. He has been a frequent guest artist with Shapiro & Smith Dance. Flink's work is focused in choreography, theatrical movement direction, contemporary dance and partnering technique, and dance/science collaborations. His work as a dancer, choreographer and director has been featured in the media numerous times. Flink's TED talk in 2011 entitled Dance v. PowerPoint has received media recognition. He has been named to the University of Minnesota Theatre Arts & Dance Department Wall of Note and was featured in Dance Magazine in an article entitled "Flying through Space."