"Densely dimensional, unpredictable, strangely graceful and wild, Alice Klock's dances are like elegant ribbons caught in hopelessly tangled knots. "
About Alice
Alice Klock is a performer, choreographer, director, teacher, and visual artist.
Alice is co-director of FLOCK, a touring dance company she co-founded with Florian Lochner in 2017. Through FLOCK she creates work for film and stage and is known for distinctive physicality, non-gendered partnering, narrative-driven choreography, and focus on fostering healthy creative environments.
Alice was a dancer with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago from 2009–2018 and began choreographing professionally in 2010. Over the past fifteen years she has received numerous choreography awards, including Hubbard Street’s Commissioning Project, NW Dance Project’s Choreographic Competition, and Whim W’Him’s Choreographic Shindig. She was named Hubbard Street’ Choreographic Fellow in 2017 and recognized as one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2018.
Through FLOCK, Alice collaborates with Lochner to create evening-length shows, including Somewhere Between (named one of the Chicago Tribune’s Top 10 Shows of 2023), Quest, and Anima. Their co-choreography has been commissioned by companies and institutions including Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Whim W’Him, Ballet Idaho, GroundWorks DanceTheater, Backhausdance, Orsolina 28, the Goethe-Institut, the Alonzo King LINES Ballet BFA Program, the 92nd Street Y, and the University of Michigan.
Since 2019 she has also developed dance films through FLOCK, culminating in the 2025 feature-length film Holy Grail, created with Lochner and director Malcolm Wesley.
Creation PHilosophy
“My first step when creating is to find something I am fascinated by. Something I would like to study, experience, or understand. My pieces always have an exploratory quality, each diving into new sets of rules, characters, forces, and outcomes. This coupled with my unique approach to physicality translates into a multilayered experience that always has an aspect of curiosity and storytelling at its core.
It is my priority to embody/create exemplary quality work with kindness, humanity, and an emphasis on the limitless beauty and possibility inherent within each person. ”