Erin Walsh (Joliet, IL) began her formal dance training at Encore Dance Productions under the direction of Gayle Bogetto, Cathy Gliwa, and Paige Gliwa. She is a graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a BFA in Dance and certificate in Design Strategy. Here, she has performed in pieces for faculty Li-Chiao Ping, Kate Corby, Collette Stewart, Liz Sexe and Jin-Wen Yu and guest artists Charles O. Anderson, Jared Baker, and Natalie Desch. Erin has performed in the North Central Conference of ACDA with Li Chiao-Ping’s Still Water and her own solo choreography Waiting. She also performed in Jin-Wen Yu’s research concert Digging in the fall of 2023. She performed a rework of Maenad from Dances for Isadora by José Limón, instructed by Natalie Desch in the 2022 Faculty Concert of the UW Madison Dance Department. She choreographed Orbit in Direction, an adjudicated group piece for the 2024 spring student concert and her senior project, her final year at the UW Madison. Commercially, Erin has performed at Reconstruct Exhibition based in Los Angeles and Atlanta for works by Sarah Burney and Amelia Koren. She has been teaching and choreographing in the Madison area for the past two years while receiving her degree and now in the Milwaukee area as well. Erin’s goal is to continue to grow her professional dance career as a performer, choreographer, and teacher. She is thrilled to be a part of Nova Linea this season!