Rate My Professor Autumn Eckman

Prior to KSU, Eckman served as Assistant Professor of Dance at the University of Arizona and Instructor at Northern Illinois University, and as inaugural faculty at Central Gwinnett High School’s School of the Arts. Her creative practice emphasizes collaborative choreography, performance, pedagogy, and interdisciplinary exchanges. Commissions include works for State Street Ballet, DanceWorks Chicago, Vitacca Ballet, Chattanooga Ballet, Kit Modus, Big Muddy Dance Co., Wylliams-Henry Dance Company, Missouri Contemporary Ballet, and universities such as The University at Buffalo, Washington & Lee University, Stephens College, Western Michigan University, Grand Valley State University, The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, and The University of Missouri-Kansas City. Key works feature JOLT (2012, Giordano Dance Chicago), a Dance Magazine Top Choreographic Pick by Wendy Perron; (a)shore (2024), a practice-as-research dance film on ecological narratives funded by the University of Georgia Marine Extension’s Artists, Writers, and Scholars Award; and Vessels (2023, KSU Dance Company). Eckman received KSU’s Apex Research Award, served as master faculty for the American Dance Festival, Hualien Dance Theatre, and others, and presented at festivals including Edinburgh Fringe, Bates Dance Festival, and Performática (Mexico).