KARLA GROTTING
Jazz

Karla Grotting is a dancer, choreographer, and educator. She is a founding member, principal dancer, and artistic associate in her 25th year with The Flying Foot Forum. She has performed with companies, Jazzdance: by Danny Buraczeski, MN Jazz Dance Co, Keane Sense of Rhythm, Off-Leash Area, and Combustible Company. Karla has been on faculty with the University of Minnesota Department of Theater and Dance and a visiting guest artist and instructor at St. Olaf College. Her awards include the U of M Student’s Choice Award for Outstanding Teacher in the College of Liberal Arts, a 2007 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Dancers, and a 2010 Sage Nomination for Outstanding Educator. Her project, Lost Voices in Jazz: The Choreographers of the Minnesota Jazz Dance Company, was recognized with the Sage Award for Outstanding Performance and Karla was named a City Pages’ Artist of the Year in 2015. Karla creates her own dance works which blend the unique styles of her tap, jazz, modern and percussive dance experiences and has set original works on the Flying Foot Forum, The Eclectic Edge Ensemble, Macalester College, St. Olaf College, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Paul Conservatory for the Performing Arts, UW-Whitewater, Southwest High School Dance Program, Keane Sense of Rhythm Social Club, and most recently, LiRa Dance Theatre.