Erin Morris has been teaching, performing, and competing in jazz and swing dancing for over 25 years. She has enjoyed international artist residencies in Vienna, Berlin, and Krakow but above all loves contributing regularly to her local communities and students. Erin received her MFA in Dance in 2023 from Washington University in St. Louis and is now adjunct faculty. Her art-making focus has been on blending her background in Black social jazz dance with personal explorations in postmodernism, and she finds that all paths return her to the importance of improvisation and collaboration with musicians. In 2024, she debuted the project "Jazz Shift" with her husband, drummer Steve Davis. Together they reimagine what is possible in spontaneous movement and sound, defining new coastlines with the language of jazz. Whether performing or teaching, Erin is committed to laying bare cultural roots and discovering a present that is individual, informed, aesthetic, and connective.
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