Elinor Kleber Diggs (KLEE-burr-digs) works in dance, choreography, videography, photography, and sound

KD is currently based in New York City

They are originally from Saint Paul, Minnesota, and grew up dancing at the Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists and TU Dance Center

KD graduated from the Purchase College Conservatory of Dance with a BFA in Dance Performance and a Concentration in Composition

Performance credits include Yusha-Marie Sorzano, Christian Warner, Catherine Kirk, Marcus Jerrell Willis, Bill T. Jones, Ronald K. Brown, and Dianne McIntyre

KD has been fortunate to show work at the Kazuko Hirabayashi Dance Theater Lab in White Plains, NY, the QUEER NOISE New York City Annual Festival, and to premier their new work ‘Crimson’ with Pepátian in New York City

They are fortunate to be a 2025 Baryshnikov Arts Fellow at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park in Tiovli, New York and are looking forward to being in residency this September as a part of the Jerome Early Career Residency at Anderson Center in Red Wing, Minnesota.

Their current research is primarily focused on the ways meaning can be constructed from fragmented image

KD is developing an artistic practice that integrates all of their artistic disciplines — while staying open to the possibility of exploring new avenues for creative expression

They are striving to create work that acts as a dynamic framework for expressing their curiosities and observations about the world