Carlye Eckert – Independent Artist

Originally from Portland, Oregon, Carlye Eckert is a dance artist and performer based in Newburgh, NY. She holds a BFA from the Juilliard School (2009).

Ms. Eckert has worked and collaborated with Tino Sehgal, Jonah Bokaer, Jack Ferver, Luke Murphy Dance, Yara Travieso, Lucie Baker, The Equus Projects, Boris Charmatz/Musee de la Danse and appeared as a guest dance artist with Aszure Barton & Artists and Keigwin+Company. Since 2013, she has been a member of the Brian Brooks Moving Company.

Ms. Eckert teaches Contemporary Technique and Improvisation at Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts. She is a founding member and producer of STUFFED: Dinner + Dance, a free performance series established in 2011 at Judson Memorial Church in New York City and STUFFED: d.a.n.c.e., a platform for exploring community engagement and social activism through dance and education. http://www.stuffed-arts.org

Her choreographic work has been seen on NPR’s First Look (2016); presented at A-WOL and the West Linn Theater in Portland, Oregon; and in Upstate New York and New York City at Garner Arts Center, Chapman Steamer Arts, Judson Church, Center for Performance Research, CAVE, CUNY, Dance New Amsterdam, West End Theater, Dixon Place, Location One, DUMBO Dance Festival, Green Space, The Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Lincoln Center, and The Juilliard School. http://www.carlyeeckert.com