Ethan Kirschbaum (he/him) is originally from Oakland, CA, and began his

dance career as an apprentice with the Savage Jazz Dance

Company while still in high school. Traveling to New York City to

attend the Ailey School/Fordham University B.F.A. program,

Ethan graduated summa cum laude with departmental honors in

dance performance. While in his junior year, he joined Hubbard

Street 2, dancing and teaching workshops around the globe while

concurrently completing his degree. He has performed with the

Santa Fe Opera, and danced internationally including Canada,

Mexico, Holland, Germany, Israel, Switzerland, Luxembourg,

France, and Russia. In 2011 Ethan moved to Saarbrücken,

Germany to dance with Donlon Dance Company at the

Saarländisches Staatstheater under the direction of Marguerite

Donlon. Until its abrupt closure, he was on faculty at the Lou

Conte Dance Studio since 2012 and was named the Scholarship

Mentor, delegating scholarships to promising pre-professional and

early career artists. After completing five seasons with River North

Dance Chicago, Ethan was certified by the Ailey School to teach

all levels of the Horton Technique and is a freelance artist

performing at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, choreographing locally,

and teaching nationally as a guest to dance studios and university

programs alike. He joined the faculty of The Chicago Academy for

the Arts in 2022 as the Director of Modern Dance as well as the

faculty of Hyde Park School of Dance. Ethan is proud to be the

founder of Chicago Movement Collective and director of the Claire

Bataille Legacy Program, continuing to provide a home for

talented and passionate pre-professional dancers.