Carl Flink is the choreographer and artistic director of the movement theater Black Label Movement based in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN (www.blacklabelmovement.com). He is also the endowed Nadine Jette Sween Professor of Dance and Chair of the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

From 1992 – 1998, he was member of the New York City based Limón Dance Company, performing the works of Jose Limón, Donald McKayle, Ralph Lemon, and Daniel Nagrin among others. A short list of other dance companies and choreographers he has performed for includes Creach/Koester Men Dancing, Paul Taylor, Joanna Mendl Shaw, Paul Taylor, Janis Brenner and Shapiro & Smith Dance.

His choreography is recognized and embraced for its intense athleticism, daring risk taking and humanistic themes that often address diverse social, scientific, political and working class subjects in addition to more abstract dance approaches. Dance programs and arts institutions across the United States have presented or commissioned his choreography including the Bates Dance Festival, Minnesota Orchestra, University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, Stanford University, University of Iowa, Mount Holyoke College, Brigham Young University, Carleton College and Roger Williams University. His new commission HIT for the Chicago-based dance company premiered at The Dance Center of Columbia College of Chicago March 10, 2011. He is currently in the third year of a creative collaboration called The Moving Cell Project with biomedical engineer David Odde. The project explores the ballistic environment of the interior of the cell.

Beyond the dance world, he graduated from Stanford Law School in 2001 and worked as a staff attorney with Farmers' Legal Action Group, Inc. protecting the legal rights of low-income family farmers and promoting sustainable agriculture until 2004. He also holds a B.A. in Political Science and Women Studies, summa cum laude from the University of Minnesota.

Eddie is a founding member of Black Label Movement. He is also dancing with Shapiro & Smith as a freelance artist, while his experience spans Roberto Olivan, Zenon, ARENA, Creach/Company, Keith Johnson, Joe Chvala and the Flying Foot Forum, Metropolitan Ballet, Nautilus Music Theater, and Minnesota Opera. Eddie recieved Metro Magazine's 2009 "Keeper" Award, was featured as "Dance Artist of the Year 2006" in City Pages, as well as given honorable mention in the Star Tribune's 2006 Artist of the Year. Eddie is a 2010 McKnight Artist Fellowship recipient.

As a choreographer Eddie's work has been recognized and performed in ACDFA Gala concerts and at the Bryant Lake Bowl, Phipps, Varsity, Southern, and the McGuire theatres in the Twin Cities area. His work has also been commissioned in several Twin Cities Arts schools, UW-River Falls, Hamline University, and St. Olaf, while his piece, Melisma, was presented at the 2006 Choreographer's Evening. His exploration, Brown Rocket, was performed in the 2008 Momentum Series, for which he recieved a 2008 Sage Award for 'Outstanding Performer' and nominated for 'Outstanding Performance. His works have recently shared the stage with Black Label Movement and Shapiro & Smith.