Author: Lily Kind

Lily Kind is a choreographic artist, writer, teacher, and anthropologist. She is interested in play, listening, and power structures. This shows up in her training in Lindy Hop, Flying Low, soft martial arts, chilled out Parkour, as well as in her choreography, teaching, and Ragtag Empire, a swing & soul dance business she co-runs with Heather Houde. Lily made dance exclusively in Baltimore from 2008-2015 as founder and directer of the Effervescent Collective. In this capacity, she directed movement for projects with collaborators such as Dan Deacon, Louis Weeks, Baltimore Rock Opera Society, Annex Theater, and Single Carrot Theater. She has danced for Guardian Baltimore and Chelsea & Magda, been commissioned by Sarasota Contemporary Dance Company, and assisted Guggenheim Fellows Stephan Koplowitz and Raphael Xavier. She sometimes produces work with Adam Stone, under the moniker Pidgin.