Black Label Movement - A Dance Company

Your donation supports the following 2025 Black Label activities: 

♦ The Second Annual Movers' Make - A choreographic incubator of curated dance works created by the Black Label Movement Movers themselves with mentorship from Black Label's artistic team. 

♦ The exploration and application of our Bodystorming System - a rapid modeling tool for scientific research - to K-12 science curricula. 

♦ The development and premiere of Carl Flink's newest evening length work The Rules of Life created in collaboration with cancer researchers David Odde and Paolo Provenzano and their labs.  

♦ The development and premiere of Black Label Movement and Sod House Theater's original musical The Mother based on Maxim Gorky's novel Mother inspired by a revolution of Russian factory workers in 1905.  

Black Label is a Minnesota dance company led by Carl Flink that makes wildly physical, intellectually and emotionally engaging movement driven art and embodied activities that examine and engage the human condition to inspire vivid lives. We are celebrated for our:

♦ Propulsive, daring and socially conscious dance making 

♦ Unusual Collaborations with Unexpected Partners - Click the image below to learn more 

♦ Embodied Presentations about "Big Ideas"  - Check out our TED Talk Dance versus Powerpoint: A Modest Proposal

Our Vision: Move More | Understand More 

Movement is a fundamental language through which humans understand and know the world and themselves

Our Values:

Work Hard. Creating challenging, physical movement theater requires hard work

Embrace Risk. Too much caution and control rarely leads to powerful art

Challenge Always. Make art that pushes personal and societal boundaries

Make Art. Make your own art, its good for you and your local community

Engage Everyone. Engage everyone and community you can, it is through connections you evolve and learn.