Autumn Mist Belk

About

Autumn Mist Belk (MFA, University of Maryland; BA, University of Alabama) is a teaching professor in the Department of Performing Arts & Technology at NC State University, where she earned the honor of Distinguished Undergraduate Professor in 2023. During her 18 years at NC State, Autumn has directed dance companies, co-created two dance minors and multiple courses, and taught thousands of students in 20 unique courses. Outside of academia, she founded and served as artistic director of the multimedia dance group Code f.a.d. Company from 2008-2020, collaborating with a strong core of dancers, musicians, and artists for over 50 performances across those 12 years. In the local community, Autumn directed danceSPARK from 2008-2013, then moved up to serve as a senior organizer of the overarching SPARKcon arts festival from 2014-2016. Reaching across the United States and beyond, Autumn curates the educational program Screendance in Schools and has participated in artist residencies to create screendance works in Austria, Iceland, Italy, Scotland, and Argentina.