Kellie Ann Lynch (Artistic Director, ECDC) is a New Haven-based dancer who co-founded ECDC and has been choreographing, teaching and developing a vision for the company since it's inception. Kellie also joyfully dances with Adele Myers and Dancers, Kate Weare Company and David Dorfman Dance.  Kellie has had the great privilege of working with many choreographers in the Northeast including Doug Elkins on national/international touring projects such as Fraulein Maria and Scott, Queen of Marys. As an independent choreographer, Kellie has received artist fellowships in choreography from the Massachusetts Cultural Council  and the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism; and her work has been commissioned, produced and performed throughout the Northeast. In 2014, she was one of four recipients of the "Arts Award", distributed by the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, for her artistic impact on the community. In 2015, Kellie attended Bates Dance Festival as an Emerging Choreographer where her work was produced and she was awarded a choreographic residency. Kellie has been a Guest Artist teaching throughout NYC and at various colleges and universities in the Northeast. When she isn't dancing she can be found teaching at Aldrich Pilates, a beautiful movement oasis in the heart of downtown New Haven. Kellie holds a BA in Dance from Rhode Island College and a MFA in Dance from Smith College.

Lindsey Bauer is a dance artist, teacher, choreographer. She is a co- founder and Co-Artistic Director of Elm City Dance Collective (ECDC) a non-profit organization contributing to the presence of dance as an accessible public art through community partnerships, and professional performance. Lindsey is a dancer in the ECDC performing company, dancing in most recent evening-length works, If You Knew You Then (2017-2018) and Almost Porcelain (2015). As Co-Artistic Director, she designs and implements partnerships with local organizations in providing movement experiences for and with community members and produce workshops and performances for the public. Projects have included partnerships with the New Haven Pride Center, The Shubert Theater, Lyric Hall Theater, New Haven Public Schools, the Connecticut Capoeira & Dance Center, Eli Whitney Museum, the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, and Mystic Aquarium. Lindsey has choreographed work for the ECDC company which has been produced in festivals and showcases in the Northeast. As an independent artist, Lindsey has worked on various projects with artists such as Kellie Ann Lynch, Adejoke Tugbiyele, Luis Antonio, Cai Ying & Phoebe Hui, Lee Sher & Saar Harari, Olushola Cole and Rachel Bernsen. She trains in Capoeira at the Brazilian Fitness Center with Mestre Efraim Silva. Lindsey is a member of the Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School dance department. At Co-op, she has taught classes in technique and choreography, co-written curriculum, served on committees, engaged in collaborations, productions, and events. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Towson University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Arizona State University.