Ellie Goudie-Averill

Originally from the Midwest, Ellie Goudie-Averill is a dance artist and educator who works with dancers of all ages on technique and performance. Since graduating with her MFA in Dance Performance from the University of Iowa, she has served as a professor at Temple University, Bucknell University, the University of Kansas, Franklin & Marshall College, Keene State College, and Connecticut College. In the past, she has danced professionally for Susan Rethorst, Lucinda Childs, Bronwen MacArthur, Group Motion, and Sara Shelton Mann. Ellie is currently working on projects with Beau Hancock and Barbie Diewald and is a regular collaborator and dancer with Tori Lawrence + Co. in dance films and site-specific works. She currently  teaches ballet and contemporary at Smith, Mount Holyoke, and Amherst Colleges and at School for Contemporary Dance and Thought in Northampton, MA. Ellie's dance reviews and other dance writings have appeared online at thINKingDANCE and Baryshnikov Arts Center.