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Stevie Lamblin
Bio
Stevie Lamblin is a non-binary choreographer, movement artist, and licensed therapist from Dayton, Ohio. In the three years they have been choreographing, they have presented work at Psychopomp’s “Chaos” festival in California, the “Yes! Dance Festival” in Virginia, and the WHITE WAVE Soloduo Dance Festival in New York. Choreographic commissions include works for the Dayton Dance Initiative, Northern Kentucky University, Synergy Dance Festival, and Mutual Dance Theatre. They recently expanded their choreographic practice into dance film, serving as Director and Lead Performer for “Bird Crawl” (2025). Beyond the movement, they provided the comprehensive Creative Direction and all Production Design for the project.
Stevie’s creative process is based on extensive dance training. They have danced with DCDC2 (2012-2015), toured nationally and internationally with the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (2016-2020), and performed with Mutual Dance Theatre (2021-2023) and as part of the Dayton Dance Initiative (2021-2023)–a collaboration between DCDC and Dayton Ballet. They have performed the works of Dwight Rhoden, Donald Byrd, Francesca Harper, Ronald K. Brown, Ray Mercer, Sidra Bell, Debbie Blunden-Diggs, and Robert J Priore, to name a few. Notable achievements include dancing Ray Mercer’s piece “This I Know For Sure” in Shanghai, China, performing for Tedex Dayton with Dayton Dance Initiative, and receiving Wright State University’s “Woman of the Year award” with a feature article entitled “Balancing Act”. The article detailed their dual careers in the arts and psychology.
Stevie holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in behavioral neuroscience and a Master’s of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Wright State University. They are able to provide counseling in Ohio, Minnesota, and Florida. When they aren’t creating in the arts, they specialize in the treatment of personality disorders as a private practice therapist with certification in Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
Artist Statement
My choreographic work emerges from the meeting point of analysis, intuition, and the unseen. With a background in Clinical Mental Health, I approach creation as a form of excavation—an inquiry into the structures that shape our emotional and spiritual selves. This dual lens allows me to craft processes that hold both intellectual rigor and primal, interior truth.
I’m interested in the dialogue between the Masculine and Feminine within my own identity: logic and instinct, architecture and impulse. Choreography became the space where these halves fused into a single creative engine. It is where my spirituality began—not as dogma, but as a lived energetic experience shared between bodies in motion.
The soul of my work is the collective. Each group of artists contributes their humanity, their artistry, their essence. I strive to build frameworks that give dancers something solid to stand on, so the subconscious has permission to rebel. From this tension—structure and surrender—comes expansiveness, power, and FREEDOM.
Ultimately, I create with the hope that movement can catalyze transformation, however subtle. If art ignited something in me during my deepest struggles, then my pursuit is to offer that spark back to others. My work seeks to open a pathway toward authenticity, connection, and healing—inside the process and on the stage.