TINATA DANCE
ElizabEth cORBETT
Elizabeth Corbett dances, teaches, and choreographs out of upstate NY, Memphis, and Paris, France. A dual U.S.-Belgian citizen, Corbett has been continuously inspired in dance across numerous continents and six decades. Her love for dance began as a child, dancing in the kitchen, and with early training in Rochester, NY, the National Academy of Arts in Champaign IL, and NYC. She spent several formative years as a member of the Milwaukee Ballet and The Joffrey Ballet, followed by a decade with William Forsythe’s Ballett Frankfurt. Ms. Corbett worked in Brussels with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s school of contemporary dance, P.A.R.T.S., and with Rosas, as a teaching artist for over ten years. Her work with Forsythe and De Keersmaeker set the stage for international guest invitations as a freelance artist in teaching, dancing, and choreographing. Further opportunities arose through her graduate degree in dance at Hollins University, and have led the way to forming the dance collective TINATA with Brynne Billingsley and Penelope Freeh.
BRYNNE BILLINGSLEY
Brynne Billingsley works at the intersection of creative and healing arts. A New Yorker since 2003, her choreography has been presented by Dragon’s Egg, Women in Motion, Center for Performance Research, Triskelion Arts, Soaking WET Festival, Chashama Gallery, NYU Skirball Center, Dumbo Dance Festival, Joyce Soho/Performance Mix Festival, Northside Festival, and Bushwick Open Studios Festival. Brynne has collaborated with Chris Elam/Misnomer Dance Theater, Jody Oberfelder, Murray Spalding, and Bjork among other artists. She holds an M.F.A. from Hollins University and is the owner of Progressive Pilates Williamsburg, a renowned center for somatic education and healing.
PENELOPE FREEH
Saint Paul dance artist and educator Penelope Freeh thoughtfully transforms ballet’s transmission and embodiment. She is a McKnight Fellow for Choreographers, Sage awardee for Outstanding Performer, and her work is in the repertoires of many Twin Cities companies and groups. Freeh danced with James Sewell Ballet for seventeen years, serving as Artistic Associate from 2007-11. She teaches at the University of Minnesota and St. Olaf College. Unfashioned Creature, her collaboration with composer Timothy C. Takach, was named a top ten Most Memorable Dance Event of 2023. She holds a Dance MFA from Hollins University where she met her TINATA colleagues.