Studio Stories: Reminiscing on Twin Cities Dance with E.E. Balcos- Season 5, Episode 62

E.E. Balcos (he, him) is a  Filipino-American and is
originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He began formal training
with modern dance pioneer Hanya Holm while also engaging in the
practice of contact improvisation. A successful performer and
choreographer for over 35 years, he danced with numerous
independent Minneapolis choreographers including Diane Aldis,
Madeline Dean, Mary Easter, Jill Heaberlin, Paula Mann, Patrick
Scully, Georgia Stephens, Robin Stiehm,  Lovice Weller,
Laurie Van Wieren, Diane Waller,  and several dance
companies including Zenon Dance Company, Shapiro & Smith
Dance, Demetrius Klein Dance Company, and Sam Costa’s 10,000
Dances. He worked directly and performed in the works of numerous
nationally recognized choreographers and dance artists including:
Chris Aiken, Danny Buraczeski, Ping Chong, Sean Curran, David
Dorfman, Joe Goode, Daniel Gwirtzman, Dwight Rhoden, David
Rousseve, Stephanie Skura and Bill Young. E.E. was the Artistic
Director and choreographer for his company E.E.MOTION from
2007-2013 culminating with an evening-length work, Deep Water:
The Murder Ballads in collaboration with composer, John Allemeier
at the Knight Theatre in Charlotte, NC. This year (2021), he will
be performing a new solo, Tales from the Wizard, choreographed by
Bill Evans.


His current endeavors apply somatic approaches to choreography,
dance performance, interdisciplinary collaborations, physical
resilience, and teaching. In 2021he presented at the ISMETA
Conference: Engaging Embodiment and will return to the Body IQ
Festival in Berlin, Germany in November;  in 2019 he
presented at the C-DaRe Dance and Somatic Practices Conference in
Coventry, United Kingdom; the Annual Body-Mind Centering
Conference in Santa Barbara, California; and the Body IQ Festival
in Berlin. Balcos is a founding member of Movement Migration, and
has performed in 2019 in Campeche, Mexico; in 2018 in
Pietrasanta, Italy; New York City; Roxbury, NY; and Charlotte,
NC. He is an Associate Professor at The University of North
Carolina at Charlotte and holds a BA in Music from The Colorado
College and an MFA in Dance from The University of Iowa. This
year he became a Registered Somatic Dance Educator (RSDE) through
ISMETA. E.E. is also a passionate botanic gardener and
photographer finding and exploring the parallels in nature and
dance.