Evie Ladin is an American musician, singer-songwriter, percussive dancer, choreographer, square dance caller living in Oakland, California.
[4] Ladin is also the Executive Director of the International Body Music Festival (IBMF), a project of the Oakland-based arts non profit Crosspulse.
At home during the later years of American folk music revival, traveling musicians would often stop over for the night.
[6] In the early 1990s, Ladin studied jazz and tap in New York followed by eight years working with Ohio-based dance company Rhythm in Shoes.
[7][1] Ladin's work often explores the intersection of Appalachian music and dance with the traditions of the African Diaspora.