Billy Blinken
Billy started his professional career as a principal with the Amy Marshall Dance Company before joining Les Ballets Grandiva. His credits include; principal guest artist with Mobile Ballet, CoDa 21of San Juan, Catherine Gallant Dance, Atlantic City Ballet, Northwest Florida Ballet, Ajkun Ballet Theatre, the East Village Dance Project, Northeastern Ballet Theatre, isadoraNOW, Project in Motion, Ballet Mink Colbert, and many others.
Billy is the original creator, writer, producer, choreographer and performer of “the intimacies project” with dancer Jordan Marinov, filmmaker Bill Hayward, and late Musician/Playwright Anna Elman. In 2016, he founded Sheep Meadow Dance Theatre, of which he is Artistic Director. Billy has taught at SUNY Purchase, Peridance, Rioult Dance Center, the Jakarta Intercultural School, the National School in Tirana, Albania, Ball State University, Wright State University, Gibney Dance, Northwest Florida Ballet, Logrea Dance Academy, and others.