Karen Habicht

Karen Habicht (she/they) began dancing professionally at age 15 at Anchorage Classical Ballet Academy. She was a company member and soloist of both Anchorage Classical Ballet Academy and Alaska Dance Theater until she moved to Chicago to obtain a Bachelor's of Arts in Dance at Columbia College Chicago. Outside of school, she performed choreography by Bekah Norwood alongside Chicago dance companies Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble, The Met Down Collective, and Re/Dance Group. She has been teaching dance for five years to students from ages 2 to 73. Karen took great inspiration in the anti-colonialist approach her college offered and is constantly looking for ways to better the dance space by making it more accepting, positive, and supportive.