Lou.Co.Lab
Louisville Collective Laboratory
Lou.Co.Lab
Louisville Collective Laboratory
Returning Lou.Co.Lab Choreographers
Abi Elliott
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Abi Elliott received her BFA in Dance from UIUC and currently works as a freelance performer and dance instructor in Louisville, Kentucky. She has performed with Moving Collective, VALLETO Dance, Louisville Dance Series, Poetry Is, and Synergy Dance Series. Abi has also choreographed for and danced in LouCoLab's past three productions, and she's excited to get spooky this fall with her new work “Nighttime Rituals.
Emma Lucas
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Emma Lucas is thrilled to be back with Lou.Co.Lab! A Louisville native, Emma has trained in ballet, modern, & jazz throughout Louisville and Lexington over the last 23 years. She is a graduate of Kentucky’s Governor’s School for the Arts (2016) and the University of Kentucky (2021). Additionally, she has performed at the collegiate level at the University of Kentucky (2018-2021), the American College Dance Association (2017) and in New York City, NY (2018) and Lorton, VA (2019). Emma is currently a dance teacher and stage manager at Louisville Academy of Fine Arts and has been choreographing and dancing with Lou.Co.Lab since its onset in 2022. Her pieces with LouCoLab include "Harmonize" (2023, co-choreographed with Clare Kresse), "La La LouCoLab" (2023), and "Entwined" (2024, co-choreographed with Clare Kresse). She is so grateful to be a part of a company that is celebrating and creating space for local artists.
Debuting Lou.Co.Lab Choreographers
Trevor Dylan Edwards
Trevor Dylan Edwards (they/them, @trevydylan) is the Director of Hum Dance Collective ( @hum.dance) & Soma Center for The Arts (@somacenterforthearts) located in beautiful, groovy, Glasgow, Kentucky! Edwards received their BA in Dance and Minor in Performing Arts Administration from Western Kentucky University and is a 2013 graduate of the Governor's School for The Arts. Edwards has danced professionally with Numinous Flux of Nashville, TN, Jon Lehrer Dance of New York, New York, The Stephen Foster Story of Bardstown, Kentucky. Edwards is currently on staff at Central Kentucky Theatre working with their youth performing arts academy as well as working with The Dancer Project of Goodlettsville, TN as The Cavalier Prince in their upcoming performance of The Nutcracker. I hope you enjoy this celebration of Kentucky dance! Be sure to follow Soma & Hum and attend our upcoming performance of The Velveteen Rabbit!
Erin Quinlan
Erin Quinlan is a born and bred mover from Louisville, KY. Trained in ballet, tap, and jazz from an early age, she found her love of modern movement as a student at Governor’s School for the Arts. Erin has appeared as a dancer and choreographer with Moving Collective and Vandivier-Ford Dance Company and is thrilled to be back on stage to reclaim movement as pure and necessary expression. When not dancing, Erin is a yoga instructor, photographer, and wannabe chef.
Joseph Cox
Joseph has been an active artist and teacher in the Kentucky region for years, having been a former principal dancer with the Louisville Ballet, a faculty member of the Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts, and the director of the Cincinnati Ballet second company (CBII). He holds an MFA in Dance (Choreography) from The University of Iowa, is the recipient of the 2008 Kentucky Arts Council “Al Smith” Fellowship for Choreography, and has over 30 works to his credit. Currently, Joseph serves as a professor of Dance and Global Studies for Austin Community College and is an instructor for the Louisville Ballet School.
Julie Mcwilliams
Julie McWilliams is the owner and director of Louisville Academy of Fine Arts. She has been teaching classical ballet and choreographing full-length ballets in the Louisville community for over 30 years. Before discovering her passion for teaching, she had a short but meaningful professional career with Louisville Ballet Civic Company and Lexington Ballet Company. Her very first students were adults, leading her down a fulfilling pathway. As she comes into this new stage, working with the adult dancers of LouCoLab, she is excited to welcome new opportunities and share with others her love for dance, music, and life.
