Carl Flink

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Director of Dance @ University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, US
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Founder of the MN based dance company Black Label Movement, Carl Flink and BLM's awards include the UMN CLA 2020 Dean's Medal, two 2016 Regional Emmy Award nominations, a 2016 MN Sage Award nomination, 2015 Twin Cities StarTribune Best of MN, a 2014 MN Dance Community Sage Award, 2008 and 2012 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Choreography, and 2010 and 2012 MN Ivey Awards.Featured in Dance Magazine's January 2014 issue, Flink’s dancemaking is praised for its intense athleticism and humanistic themes. The 2014 American Dance Festival commissioned him and he was the movement creator for the Guthrie Theater's 2020 production of "Twelfth Night" and 2016 production of "The Parchman Hour." Other presenters/Commissioners include: Bates Dance Festival, Urbanity Dance (Boston, MA) TED, TEDMED, TEDx Brussels, TEDxMinneapolis, MADCO (St. Louis, MO), Theater Latté Da (Mpls, MN), the Chicago Humanities Festival, MN Orchestra, The Cowles Center for Dance (MN), Company C (San Francisco, CA), Same Planet Different World (Chicago, IL) and dance programs such as the Universities of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Utah, and North Texas. Flink's ongoing collaboration with biomedical engineer David Odde called The Moving Cell Project (MCP) has conducted a residency at the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, India in May 2015, as well as, 2012 and 2013 residencies at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. These residencies center around MCP's ongoing development of its "bodystorming" research technique. MCP has also generated 5 TED Talks including "A Modest Proposal: Dance v. Powerpoint" created with Science Magazine correspondent John Bohannon featured on TED.com.He is the UMN Jette Sween Professor of Dance. During the 1990s, Carl was a member of the Limón Dance Company in New York City. He holds a Stanford law School JD, a UMN Political Science and Women Studies B.A. summa cum laude and was a Farmers’ Legal Action Group, Inc. attorney (St. Paul, MN) from 2001-2004.

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University of Minnesota

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Director of Dance
Minneapolis, MN, US
Carl Flink Work Experience Details
  • University Of Minnesota
    Director Of Dance
    University Of Minnesota
    Minneapolis, Mn, Us
  • University Of Minnesota
    Director Of Dance
    University Of Minnesota Jul 2018 - Present
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
  • University Of Minnesota Theatre Arts & Dance Department
    Full Professor & Nadine Jette Sween Professor Of Dance
    University Of Minnesota Theatre Arts & Dance Department Aug 2005 - Present
    Minneapolis, Mn
    I am the current Director for the Dance Program starting on July 1, 2017. Previously, I was the Director the Dance Program from 2005 - 2008 and the Chair of the Department of Theatre Arts & Dance from 2008 - 2014.
  • Black Label Movement (Blm)
    Artistic Director
    Black Label Movement (Blm) Sep 2005 - Present
    The Cowles Center For Dance & The Performing Arts Office #401, Mpls, Mn 55403
    Carl Flink is the Artistic Director of the dance company Black Label Movement (Minneapolis, MN) and the Director of Dance at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. Featured in Dance Magazine's January 2014 issue, Flink’s dancemaking is noted for its intense athleticism and physical risk taking, compositional intelligence and humanistic themes for both contemporary dance and theater. He was a member the Limón Dance Company during much of the 1990s. His commissions and invited presentations include the American Dance Festival (Durham, NC), Bates Dance Festival (Lewiston, ME), The Minnesota Orchestra, MADCO (St. Louis, MO), University of Florida Performing Arts (Gainesville, FL), Same Planet Different World (Chicago, IL) and Urbanity Dance (Boston, MA), among many others. Carl has received significant recognition for his innovative collaborations with scientific researchers through his Moving Cell Project with University of Minnesota biomedical engineer David Odde and the creation of multiple embodied TED talks, including "Dance v. Powerpoint: A Modest Proposal" with John Bohannon. Odde and Carl's Bodystorming System, a rapid modeling technique using human bodies and choreographic strategies, has been highlighted by Science Magazine, Dance Magazine, Twin Cities Public Television’s Minnesota Original and TPT TV Takeover and TED Talks for TEDx Brussels and TEDMED 2013 (Washington D.C.). During COVID, he moved into the realm of filmmaking for dance and created two award winning films in 2020: "A Dream of Touch When Touch Is Gone" and "cage(d)" He is also a respected choreographer for theater with multiple award winning productions at the Guthrie Theater and Theatre Latté Da, among others.Carl holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School JD and was a Farmers’ Legal Action Group, Inc. attorney (St. Paul, MN) from 2001-2004.
  • Farmers' Legal Action Group (Flag)
    Staff Attorney
    Farmers' Legal Action Group (Flag) Jun 2001 - Jul 2004
    St. Paul, Mn
    Farmers' Legal Action Group, Inc. (FLAG) is a nonprofit law center dedicated to providing legal services and support to family farmers and their communities in order to help keep family farmers on the land.America needs an agriculture that supports healthy communities, protects the environment, and promotes a safe, diverse, and stable food supply. To achieve these goals, America needs a healthy family farm-based system of agriculture. Targeted, top-notch legal information and advocacy are indispensable in the struggle to defend family-based agriculture and secure social and economic justice for farmers. FLAG exists to provide those legal services.
  • Jose Limon Dance Foundation
    Company Member
    Jose Limon Dance Foundation Apr 1992 - Aug 1998
    New York City, Nyc
    I was a dancer for the Limon Dance Company. While with Limon, I performed Jose Limon's roles in his "La Malinche," "There is a Time" & "Missa Brevis." Other Limon repertory I performed includes "Unsung," "The Winged," "A Choreographic Offering," "Mazurkas" and "Carlota." I also performed in original works created for the company by Ralph Lemon, Donald McKayle, Garth Fagan and Phyllis Lamhut in addition to reprising Daniel Nagrin's seminal solo, "Strange Hero."

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Dance Choreography Performing Arts Theatre Arts Administration Contemporary Dance Improvisation Nonprofits Musical Theatre Dance Education Stage Leadership Modern Dance Art Ballet Physical Theatre Acting Soccer Festivals Theatrical Production Classical Directing Jazz Dance Music Dance Composition Contemporary Dance Technique Academic Leadership Science And Dance Collaborations

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