Atlanta Eke, is a dancer and choreographer working internationally and based in Jan Juc. In 2010 Atlanta was a DanceWEB Europe scholarship recipient, at the Impulstanz Festival Vienna Austria, where she was mentored by New York based artist Sarah Michelson. She went onto perform for French choreographer Sidney Leoni in Undertones at Tanz im August Berlin and Swedish choreographer Marten Spangbergs Page 74, ImPulsTanz Festival Vienna.
Eke is concerned with dissolving pre-existing perceptions and expectations by changing fixed representations of the body through movement. She works with and beyond the limitations of the body, in collaboration with fellow dancers, artists and arts administrators in variety of contexts. Her work with dance is currently project specific, within each project a question for the next arises, along side an effort to deconstruct the modes of production and presentation of the previous work. Having recently had opportunities to present work in exhibition spaces, she is interested in how an exhibition space and timeframe can be utilized as a resource for developing dance.
