Bio

Autumn Mist Belk (MFA, University of Maryland; BA, University of Alabama) is a teaching professor in the Department of Performing Arts & Technology at NC State University, where she earned the honor of Distinguished Undergraduate Professor in 2023. During her 20 years at NC State, Autumn has directed dance companies, co-created multiple dance minors and over a dozen courses, and taught thousands of students in more than 20 unique courses. Outside of academia, she founded and served as artistic director of the multimedia dance group Code f.a.d. Company from 2008-2020, collaborating with a strong core of dancers, musicians, and artists for over 50 performances across those 12 years. In the local community, Autumn directed danceSPARK from 2008-2013, then moved up to serve as a senior organizer of the overarching SPARKcon arts festival from 2014-2016. Reaching across the United States and beyond, Autumn curates the educational program Screendance in Schools, matching dance films with original lesson plans and learning objective-driven activities for K-12 classrooms. Her own dance films have screened in festivals around the world, and she has been chosen to participate in artist residencies (making dance films) in Argentina, Austria, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, and the United Kingdom.

Area(s) of Expertise

Yoga Philosophy and Practice
Horton Modern Dance Technique
Screendance
Site-Specific Dance
Dance and Technology