Brittany Harlin

Brittany Harlin is originally from Bolingbrook, Illinois, where she began dance in jazz at the age of six. Her original dance and music influences began in her close multigenerational family, and formational influences are the pioneers in Hip Hop and Modern dance. She studied dance at Loyola University Chicago. She is the founding artistic director of Egun Artist Collective, which is driven by Harlin’s purpose to represent the full spectrum of Black Vernacular Dance to live music as well as live production on the concert stage. Harlin regards the body of work to date as a living investigation of social movement origins in the music and dance forms of Hip Hop, Modern, Funk Styles, Waacking, and House, which she combines with her growing knowledge of somatics and kinesiology. Her teaching artist pedagogy and philosophy are weighted in respecting the integrity of the sociopolitical movement, and as an extension of this movement, creating space for community and innovation. . As an educator, she aims to bring dance to a place of complete body awareness, spiritual expression, and connection. For more information please visit brittanyharlin.com, or follow her @brittanyharlin