Biography
Lucie Baker is a dance artist based in Seattle. She practices, choreographs, performs and teaches concert and social dance forms. She earned her B.F.A. in Dance from The Juilliard School in 2008, her M.F.A. from the Univerisity of Washington, and is a movement-based expressive arts therapist educated at the Tamalpa Institute founded by Anna and Daria Halprin. As a professional performer, Baker has worked with established choreographers and emerging artists including Jane Comfort and Company, Tamar Rogoff Performance Projects, Erica Essner Performance Co-op, Phantom Limb Company, Adam Barruch, Sidra Bell, Carlye Eckert, Tiffany Mills, Coleman Pester, Cindy Salgado, Annika Sheaff, Yara Travieso, Wade Madsen, Chamber Dance Company, Seattle Opera and Arc Dance, among others. She began her teaching career with Artists Striving to End Poverty. She has taught diverse populations in schools, universities, prisons, hospitals, orphanages and disaster zones as well as formal dance studios. Inspired by collaboration, Baker's choreography has been performed in domestic and international venues since 2004. www.luciebaker.com