Ekko is a dancer and dancemaker currently based in Brooklyn, NY.
Growing up in South Florida, she attended A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts and studied primarily under former American Ballet Theater company member, Eileen Hebron. She has performed works by Ken Ossola, Aszure Barton, James Finnemore, Norbert De La Cruz III, Jennifer Archibald, Murray Lewis, Paul Taylor, George Balanchine, and Bob Fosse amongst many more internationally recognized choreographers. Additionally, she has studied at b12 Festival Berlin, Henny Jurriëns Studio Amsterdam, The Philadelphia Ballet, the Limón Dance Company, and SpringBoard Danse Montreal’s SpringboardX.
As a choreographer, she has presented work at the historic 92NY’s Buttenweiser Hall at the 2025 Future Dance Festival, curated by a panel of esteemed visionaries including Michael Novak, Dante Puleio, Danni Gee, Janet Wong, and Charmaine Warren. Over 2023 and 2024, Ekko was selected to premiere three original choreographic works presented at the Boston Conservatory mainstage theater. In 2022, she was awarded the New Century Dance Project Grand Prize for composition under the direction of Jim Vincent, Penny Saunders, Yusha-Marie Sorzano, and Francisco Gella. Her work seeks to capture the human condition in relation to memory.
Ekko has taught and choreographed at studios throughout South Florida, teaching a variety of styles to a wide range of ages, from children to adults. She harnesses a cyclical pedagogical approach, recognizing the give and take dynamic necessary to the facilitate both artistic and technical growth. Within her role as an educator, she aims to promote individual exploration and agency, while also emphasizing the power of the collective. She has been an educator with the following institutions: Palm Beach Atlantic University Preparatory Program, That’s Dancing, Precision Dance Conservatory, and Palm Beach Academy of Dance Arts.
Ekko is interested in movement direction, design, and film. In 2025, she worked alongside creative partner Molly Jane Dunne with Viola Lovely to capture garments in motion for SS 25. She has both choreographed and danced for film; all credits are listed under projects/other. She views design as the choreography of object and is inspired by Alexander Calder, Issey Miyake, and the outsider art movement.
In November, she will be performing with Lam Dance Works under artistic director, John Lam, for it’s inaugural performance in Boston, MA.
The images below are from her first art show, held in her childhood dance studio.