Katie Elliot (Boulder, Colorado)

Katie Elliott is the co-artistic director of 3rd Law Dance/Theater. Well known for her use of athletic, gesture-based movement embodied in new, distinctive vocabularies, Katie Elliott’s choreography traveled to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Washington DC, Arizona, and Utah. Elliott has been a guest artist for Boulder Ballet, Ballet Nouveau, Colorado Repertory, Colorado State University, University of New Mexico and the University of Colorado in Boulder. With her co-director and husband, Jim LaVita, 3rd Law produces evening length work that uses props, theatrical staging, text, video imagery, sound scores (including unique combinations of “found sounds”) and a wide range of musical styles. 3rd Law addresses serious subject matter with a witty, droll, and irreverent style leaving audiences amused but thoughtful. Prior to the incorporation of 3rd Law, Elliott received her BFA in dance from the University of Utah and trained and performed with a variety of companies in Chicago, London and New York. Currently Ms. Elliott is a faculty member of the Boulder Ballet School and offers beginning to professional level technique classes through 3rd Law based at the Dairy Center for the Arts in Boulder, Colorado.

Nicole Predki (Boulder, Colorado)

Previously dancing in NYC and working in an Environmental Science laboratory, Nicole is now pursuing a Master’s in Dance at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Having called many places home, Nicole has been fortunate to study and perform with many teachers and companies from all over the United States, as well as Poland, Brazil and Jamaica. She has studied at Reed College, Sarah Lawrence College, Shawl-Anderson, Steps on Broadway, Alvin Ailey, and Columbia University. In addition to teaching, performing and producing work at CU Boulder, she is also dancing with Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance Theatre, and Fred Benjamin Dance Company. Given her varied background, Nicole has taught a wide variety of dance classes ranging from creative movement, floor barre, aerial trapeze, ballet, jazz, and modern dance. Her teaching also works to incorporate Alexander Technique, a somatics technique she is focusing on in her studies at CU. Given her background in both sciences and movement, Nicole’s greatest interest lies in interdisciplinary performance and teaching styles. She is delighted to be a part of BJDW for the 3rd year!

Erika Randall (Boulder, Colorado)

Erika Randall is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado in Boulder, where she teaches ballet, jazz and Dance History. From 2004-2007, Ms. Randall was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois. After receiving her MFA in choreography from The Ohio State University in 2003, she served as a guest lecturer there from 2003-2004. A graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy, Erika attended The Juilliard School and went on to receive her BA in Dance from the University of Washington in Seattle. In 2004, Ms. Randall formed the nationally acclaimed Columbus Movement Movement (cm2) to support development and visibility of contemporary dance artists in Columbus, OH. Committed to physical and theatrical work that both stimulates and entertains, Erika has presented and performed in her own choreography across the country. Ms. Randall has most recently worked with Gabe Masson, Sara Hook, David Parker and the Bang Group, the Mark Morris Dance Group and Buglisi/Foreman Dance.