She left Colorado for New York City at the age of 17, where she initially found work as an usher at the New York State Theater (renamed the David H. Koch Theater in 2011), home of the New York City Ballet, shortly before joining the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, where later in her choreographic career as part of the company's Women's Choreography Initiative, she would create her ballet Prayers from the Edge, inspired by her experiences and observations while touring with the Ailey company, particularly of performing in the Middle East and Africa following the Six-Day Arab-Israeli War in 1967.
Her recent stage work includes both directing and choreographing the musical My Vaudeville Man!, which ran off-Broadway at the York Theatre Company from November 2008 through January 2009.
[5] She received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Choreography with her collaborator, Shonn Wiley, for My Vaudeville Man!.
She worked with the company extensively for 10 years and developed deep knowledge of the strengths of the Carolina Ballet dancers.
Lynne wanted local music to be the soul of her work in Carolina Jamboree and this is clearly presented by having the live band elevated on stage with the dancers.
The "Red Rocking Chair" female solo is deeply moving in its depiction of a mother who has lost her newborn.
Lynne's Taylor Corbett's work in Carolina Jamboree carries a strong sense of nationalism towards American dance.