Dancer Teacher Choreographer Multimedia Storyteller
A little about me ...
Hi! I'm Angie Flanagan
I am, at heart, a collector of stories. I create both live performances and video collections that include dance, poetry and sound as a means to curate from the chaos the memories, stories, and the extraordinary in everyday life. I often explore poetry through different languages, most often French, as a means of exploring what can be understood, what is often misunderstood, and how image and gesture fill in the blanks. I believe the purpose of life is to discover the story only you can tell. We are all in the process of becoming, and my work is an homage to my fellow travelers and collectors on the journey of life.
I have been teaching and choreographing for 20 years, across the US, Paris and Berlin, and my happiest moments are in the studio experiencing the joy of movement. My classes combine Horton and Graham techniques with concepts from African dance, butoh and Flamenco, incorporating methods to unlock emotion, musicality, fluidity and a strong relationship to the ground. One of my missions as a teacher and choreographer is to exchange with other artists (in all fields). I seek to learn new mediums of teaching and choreographing with a goal to provide dancers of every age and ability the opportunity to not only train physically, but above all to discover methods of expression and to share a kernel of truth about the human experience.
Photo credit: Cloé Moinet
instagram: @cloe_moinet
Past projects...
Workshop: The Body is a Poem September 12, 2026 at BIOS, Athens, Greece
Beginning with improvisation practices rooted in Butoh, participants discover the body as a tool for expression. Learn to play again, and to discover the language of the body speaking before the mind.
This workshop was hosted by the International Visual Poetry Festival and the Institute for Experimental Art.
Women's Dance Workshop Patricia Nivelet March 10 - 12, 2026 Green Bay, WI
Three years ago, my friend Patricia proposed that we create a workshop for women who, like her, always dreamed of dancing but never had the chance. Patricia fell ill with cancer, and I told her we would wait for her to be well. But, Patricia died in April. I was very proud to bring back the incredible international faculty from the inaugu
Three years ago, my friend Patricia proposed that we create a workshop for women who, like her, always dreamed of dancing but never had the chance. Patricia fell ill with cancer, and I told her we would wait for her to be well. But, Patricia died in April. I was very proud to bring back the incredible international faculty from the inaugural Paris workshop of Jen Barres (USA) to teach Yoga and Apri Gerber (France) to teach Jazz.
This workshop was co-hosted by Northeastern Wisconsin Dance Organization and Jenstar Yoga
Women's Dance Workshop Paris March 2-6, 2026
Women's Dance Workshop Paris March 2-6, 2026
Women's Dance Workshop Paris March 2-6, 2026
Three years ago, my friend Patricia proposed that we create a workshop for women who, like her, always dreamed of dancing but never had the chance. Patricia fell ill with cancer, and I told her we would wait for her to be well. But, Patricia died in April. In Paris in March of 2026, I was able to fulfill her dream. This is a chance for wo
Three years ago, my friend Patricia proposed that we create a workshop for women who, like her, always dreamed of dancing but never had the chance. Patricia fell ill with cancer, and I told her we would wait for her to be well. But, Patricia died in April. In Paris in March of 2026, I was able to fulfill her dream. This is a chance for women to take time for themselves to discover their body, how they move, what they are capable of creating for themselves.
Butoh teacher training certification August, 2025 Paris
Women's Dance Workshop Paris March 2-6, 2026
Women's Dance Workshop Paris March 2-6, 2026
I am very excited to be in Paris to train to teach the Alishina method of Butoh! I can't to share the new tools I have added to my toolbag as both an artist and a teacher!
Marta and Me at The Tartlton July 18 - 20, 2025
Women's Dance Workshop Paris March 2-6, 2026
I performed Marta and Me at the Tarlton Theatre July 18-20 as part of the Green Bay Fringe Festival! Performing at the beautiful, historic Tarlton has been a dream of mine!!!
Always a Woman to Watch the Light Paris/ Berlin March-April 2025
With the support of Ravensquid Ballet Compagnie, Paris and Lake Studios, Berlin, Always a Woman to Watch the Light has become a short film staring two of the artists I admire most: Yuna Masson-Cariou and Thomas Rolline.
We took the film to Berlin where it was integrated into a live performance of Always a Woman at Lake Studios on April 11, 2025
Chopin For Patricia
My work on Marta Becket was featured in February 22, 2025 at the 57th anniversary of The Amargosa Opera House
When my friend Patricia passed away from cancer, her last wish was that I dance at her funeral. I choreographed Chopin for Patricia to perform at her ceremony in the chapel of Père Lachaise in Paris. It was a seed Patricia planted, this last request for a dance. And like a seed that flowers and spreads, Chopin for Patricia has continued t
When my friend Patricia passed away from cancer, her last wish was that I dance at her funeral. I choreographed Chopin for Patricia to perform at her ceremony in the chapel of Père Lachaise in Paris. It was a seed Patricia planted, this last request for a dance. And like a seed that flowers and spreads, Chopin for Patricia has continued to grow. Click the button below to watch it performed by the beautiful Lilly Meyer.
My work on Marta Becket was featured in February 22, 2025 at the 57th anniversary of The Amargosa Opera House
My work on Marta Becket was featured in February 22, 2025 at the 57th anniversary of The Amargosa Opera House
In 1967, dancer Marta Becket was on tour when her bus broke down in Death Valley, California. While waiting for repairs, she walked through the nearly abandoned town of Death Valley Junction. She looked through a hole in one of the buildings and discovered a stage. It was love at first sight. Marta never left. She performed on that stage
In 1967, dancer Marta Becket was on tour when her bus broke down in Death Valley, California. While waiting for repairs, she walked through the nearly abandoned town of Death Valley Junction. She looked through a hole in one of the buildings and discovered a stage. It was love at first sight. Marta never left. She performed on that stage, en pointe, until she was 80. In the Western world, our dances tend to idealize the youthful body. While I never had the chance to meet Marta in life, this film allowed us to connect across time. It became a conversation about what it means to grow older, especially as a dancer. There is ageism in dance, and that's a shame because it limits our understanding of the art form. The fact that the body is impermanent makes our use of it as our instrument of expression a demand for social change on the perception of aging. The body's impermanence, in strength and decline, is why dance is beautiful. We won't have our bodies forever. It is what we do with our time in them that counts. Marta and I dance our Dying Swan, which isn't a swan song. It is our transformation into the storytellers we were born to be.
Vale
RESIDENCY AT LAKE STUDIOS BERLIN, GERMANY
AFA Danse de Paris
When I was pregnant with my daughter, a friend gave me three lily bulbs, and I planted them in my garden. As I planted, I thought…when these bulbs break free from the earth, I will meet my child. And that’s exactly how it was. Over the years, those three bulbs have multiplied into a garden full of flowers.
Vale is a dance about womanhood.
When I was pregnant with my daughter, a friend gave me three lily bulbs, and I planted them in my garden. As I planted, I thought…when these bulbs break free from the earth, I will meet my child. And that’s exactly how it was. Over the years, those three bulbs have multiplied into a garden full of flowers.
Vale is a dance about womanhood. It is about growing, blossoming, planting a seed from which the next generation will do the same. It is a dance full of some of the best dancers and also full of some of the youngest dancers. All of them blossoming. All of them growing. I am so proud.
AFA Danse de Paris
RESIDENCY AT LAKE STUDIOS BERLIN, GERMANY
AFA Danse de Paris
In April, I was very lucky to be able to spend a few days in one of my favorite Parisian ballet studios in April! Alexia, Coralie and their amazing students always make me feel like I am home.
RESIDENCY AT LAKE STUDIOS BERLIN, GERMANY
RESIDENCY AT LAKE STUDIOS BERLIN, GERMANY
Official Selection of the Paris International Short Festival
April 7-May 5, 2024
Berlin is an inspiring place. The architecture really pushed my way of thinking of form and how form has a voice that tells a story of a place and time.
But also how form can be reimagined to create a new narrative.
But above all, there is Lake Studios Berlin and the other residents who were always willing to share thei
April 7-May 5, 2024
Berlin is an inspiring place. The architecture really pushed my way of thinking of form and how form has a voice that tells a story of a place and time.
But also how form can be reimagined to create a new narrative.
But above all, there is Lake Studios Berlin and the other residents who were always willing to share their practices, their experience and their honest input. And then there is this incredible audience that is willing to travel to the edge of Berlin to support the unfinished work of artists…even staying until 11 at night to give feedback! It is so generous! They taught me that the creative process can be a shared and collective experience. My mind has opened. My world has changed.
Official Selection of the Paris International Short Festival
Official Selection of the Paris International Short Festival
Official Selection of the Paris International Short Festival
August 2024
It was an honor to have my short dance film, Ophélia, selected for the Paris International Short Festival!!!
Le Centre des Artes Vivantes Paris, France
Official Selection of the Paris International Short Festival
Le Centre des Artes Vivantes Paris, France
In August, I had the pleasure of teaching ballet and modern at Le Centre des Artes Vivantes! The students were a gift and Paris remains my favorite city to teach and to live. A dream come true!
the barefoot traveler
Death Valley, California
Death Valley, California
Death Valley, California
Paris, France
Death Valley, California
Death Valley, California
Photo by Renata Schmidt
instagram: @renata.in.paris
Scottsdale, Arizona
Death Valley, California
Scottsdale, Arizona
New York, New York
New York, New York
Scottsdale, Arizona
Athens, Greece
New York, New York
Athens, Greece
Berlin, Germany
Northeastern Wisconsin
Northeastern Wisconsin
Northeastern Wisconsin
Northeastern Wisconsin
Northeastern Wisconsin
Kyoto, Japan
Northeastern Wisconsin
Kyoto, Japan
MEMORIES OF 2023...
December 2022
January 2- February 9, 2023
January 2- February 9, 2023
Nutcracker Workshop for young dancers. We made tutus, tiaras and flutes and learned choreography from The Nutcracker
Green Bay School of Dance, Green Bay, WI
January 2- February 9, 2023
January 2- February 9, 2023
January 2- February 9, 2023
An amazing five weeks teaching with Académie Franco-Américaine de Danse de Paris!!! A wonderful, creative and welcoming school in the heart of Paris. They will do amazing things in the world and I am so proud to know them.
As an added bonus, it was an honor to spend a day teaching dance to the kindergarteners at Noisy le Roi.
It was an in
An amazing five weeks teaching with Académie Franco-Américaine de Danse de Paris!!! A wonderful, creative and welcoming school in the heart of Paris. They will do amazing things in the world and I am so proud to know them.
As an added bonus, it was an honor to spend a day teaching dance to the kindergarteners at Noisy le Roi.
It was an incredible opportunity to explore and expand my vision and mission as a teacher and choreographer!
December 2022
January 2- February 9, 2023
December 2022
Winter workshop in ballet and modern for advanced dancers at Green Bay School of Dance, Green Bay, WI
THE MAGDALENE CELEBRATION
Artistic Exchange with Paris, France
Le Centre des Artes Vivantes
New York, NY
July 22, 2023
Le Centre des Artes Vivantes
Artistic Exchange with Paris, France
Le Centre des Artes Vivantes
Paris, France
August 2023
Artistic Exchange with Paris, France
Artistic Exchange with Paris, France
Artistic Exchange with Paris, France
In November, I collaborated with Northeastern Wisconsin Dance Organization to bring ballerina Yuna Masson-Carriou to the US to teach a ballet master class and dance in The Nutcracker at The Weidner. If you would like to collaborate on an artistic exchange, please contact me!
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Nutcracker Workshop at Académie Franco-Américaine de Danse de Paris October 25-27, 2022
Stage de danse Casse-Noisette à l'Académie Franco-Américaine de Danse de Paris de 25 à 27 octobre
Stage de danse Casse-Noisette à l'Académie Franco-Américaine de Danse de Paris de 25 à 27 octobre
The advanced dancers work on contemporary choreography to Arabian Dance in The Nutcracker
Stage de danse Casse-Noisette à l'Académie Franco-Américaine de Danse de Paris de 25 à 27 octobre
Stage de danse Casse-Noisette à l'Académie Franco-Américaine de Danse de Paris de 25 à 27 octobre
Stage de danse Casse-Noisette à l'Académie Franco-Américaine de Danse de Paris de 25 à 27 octobre
Les jeunes élèves ont appris à faire des couronnes et des tutus pendant le stage
Join me at Studio Harmonic, Paris
Intermediate contemporary classes August 29-September 2 in Paris