Erin is an interdisciplinary artist from Minneapolis. Her work is rooted in an animist perspective, with extensive training in dance and choreography as well as visual arts and writing, and deep love for beauty and subversive wildness. As an educator, she has taught at universities, public schools, private studios, and dance festivals. She specializes in contemporary dance practices, improvisation, interdisciplinary creative practice, and integrating mindfulness into art-making. 

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Erin’s choreography has been presented in Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Winona, Kalamazoo, and New York; and internationally in Canada, Samoa and Thailand. In 2018, her choreography, Xx, was featured at the American College Dance Association Gala Concert at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her 2016 work DEAD LIZARD WOMAN was featured at Choreographer's Evening at the Walker Art Center. Erin has been awarded grants through the Minnesota State Arts Board and Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council. In 2022, she received a research grant through Winona State University to develop a study abroad program, “Art and Social Transformation in Colombia” in collaboration with La Chispa Casa Cultural in Medellín. Her most recent dance film, "two birds" premiered at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum in 2024 and was selected for the Idaho Screendance Festival and Driftless Dance Film Tour.

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Erin performed and toured for five seasons with Dancing People Company, directed by Robin Stiehm, from 2010-2015 and served as interim Artistic Director in the spring of 2016. She has collaborated and performed with a number of companies and collectives, including Rosy Simas Danse, Body Watani, Sharon Mansur's SHIFT ~ performance salons, Wicked Sister Dance Theater, Dhamma Theatre West, Amara Tabor Smith, Nicola Bullock, Coco Karol and Jenna Bean Veatch.  

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Erin holds a BA from Columbia University and an MFA in Dance from Hollins University, in association with institutions in Frankfurt, Germany. She served as Assistant Professor then Dance Program Director at Winona State University from 2018 to 2024, and currently teaches at St. Olaf College. She lives in Minneapolis with her partner.

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