In the works…
Upcoming Performances
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June 14-16, 2024
Creatively led by Berit Ahlgren and Helen Hatch
In this new interpretation, 17 of the Twin Cities most versatile and creative dance artists and 6 musicians led by jazz pianist Joseph Strachan navigate the world of Terry Riley’s infamous In C. The musical score, made up of 53 short cells with the simple instruction for musicians to repeat as many times as they wish before moving forward, gives full agency to the musicians and is therefore never played the same way twice.
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Recent Choreographic Projects
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SATURN
February 2024
What a gift to be here with you, as time devours us.
A dance theater collaboration between choreographer Genevieve Waterbury and astrologer Tara Sloane, SATURN is a study on the relationships between people and planets, spirituality and science. It is the first chapter of long term project devoted to the planets.
Photo By: Drew Anderson
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A glimpse of heaven
August 2023
Featured Choreographer for the Inaugural Soiled Dance Series at Gale Woods Farm produced by Jagged Moves.
This site specific solo performed by Keay Ornelas, uses gardening as a metaphor for mindfulness. It practices noticing gifts while waiting for others.
Photo By: Bill Cameron
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The Tortoise and the Hare
April, June 2023
This tribute to Minnesota wildlife and Saint-Saëns weaves together stories of many species in the forest glade.
The piece was performed for young audiences at the Landmark Center’s Ballet Tuesday, and equally loved by the audience at Orchestra Hall.
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On The Bank of Snake River
Christopher Watson Dance Company: Resurgence
February 2023
This work was created through the grieving process. It begins an exploration of our steadfast relationship with trees; how they seem to listen and dance on the days we pay attention.
Photo By: Bill Cameron
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Dirty Dancing
October 2022
Ballet Co.Laboratory’s 5th annual benefit performance & celebration. This Dirty Dancing-inspired performance kicks off the 2022-23 season with upbeat and daring dance numbers and a layered love story.
Photo By: Alexis Lund
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Danse Macabre
April 2022
My Cowles Center choreographic debut, Danse Macabre, completes Ballet Co.Laboratory’s Spring Performance at the Goodale Theater.
Danse Macabre is based on Saint-Saëns’ tone poem which has become a metaphor for how chaos and order depend on each other. In this piece, dancers navigate the push and pull of daily responsibilities, discover others on similar paths, and embrace the power of unison.
Photo By: Barbara Edholm
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Lunar Lullaby
February 2022
“Lunar Lullaby: An Ode to Goodnight Moon” was my first full length ballet. I had the opportunity to create this work under Ballet Co.Laboratory’s Laboratory II, Emerging Choreographer Program.
This was the first year that one choreographer was tasked to create a full length production involving all upper levels and trainees of the school.
“This work is really meant to rekindle love of home, especially after these years of feeling confined to it,”
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Judy's Thoughts
September 2021
I had the pleasure of collaborating as dancer/choreographer for Melody Gilbert’s short documentary about her mother’s cancer diagnosis. This beautiful multimedia film, set to the audio of her mother’s tape recorded thoughts throughout her illness, is being screened internationally in film festivals.
Photo By: Samantha Cook at Each Other
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September
September 2020
River’s Edge, A Gathering Place Series hosted by Sher Demeter.
September is the opening number to a longer meditation on woman’s relationship to child through the lens of gardening. Set to Vier letzte Lieder by Richard Strauss.
Photo By: Cody Oliver
Recent Performances
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Cedarbacke
April 2023
HoneyWorks presents Cedarbacke, a dance project in 3 phases which considers the history of Minneapolis’s Southern Theater. As a trilogy work, this first segment considers the Southern Theater in the 1920-30’s as a central location for immigrants and first generation Americans to gather, sharing in entertainment and cultural exchange. Nine dance-artists collaborate and share with violinist Sara Pajunen, a playful homage to the Southern Theater and a recognition of the waves of cultures the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood has been home to.
Photo By: Isabel Fajardo
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PARADISE
February 2023
Creatively led by Jon Ferguson and Helen Hatch, Paradise combines contemporary dance, improvisation, physical theater, clown, and music to spark moments of joy, relief, and honesty through a journey beyond the shroud of the everyday.
Created in collaboration with the company, with live original music conceived by Seth Conover and Joseph Strachan and sets by multi-disciplinary artist Ashley Mary.
Photo By: Isabel Fajardo
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It's Physical pt. 1
March 2023
A durational performance project by Jennifer Glaws, the new work is a performative movement conversation responding to endurance for change, capacities for dialogue, and the testing of time. It’s a practice in listening, presence, and the challenges of patience, while drawing on individual impulses and embodied approaches to connection.
Photo by: Bill Cameron
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Christopher Watson Dance Company: Resurgence
February 2023
Resurgence features dances by Christopher Watson, Becky Heist, Anne-Marie Wittenberg, Sarah LaRose-Holland, Jennifer Mack, Genevieve Waterbury and guest choreographers Thern Anderson and Erin Thompson. The dances address themes of the intricacies of relationships, resilience in the face of challenge, and reconnecting in a world changed by the pandemic.
Photo By: Bill Cameron
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FARM
May-Jun 2022
An outdoor immersive theater performance with Sod House Theater, choreographed by Berit Ahlgren, music composition and performance by Jenna Wyse and Chris Hepola.
Photo Credit: Blake Nellis
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BoleroBolero
April 2022
An Orchestra Hall restaging of Honeyworks and Hatch Dance’s inaugural LIVE @ the Shed performance.
Photo By: Bill Cameron
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The Nutcracker in Wonderland
December 2021
Guest artist for Ballet Co.Laboratory’s biannual holiday production. Soloist role as the Cheshire Cat and corps de ballet snow scene.
Photo By: Alexis Lund
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TOUCH CODE: (Re) Claiming Space
November 2021
My first season with Jagged Moves under the direction of Jennifer Glaws.
“Crafted collaboratively between Glaws and the performers, the choreography amplifies the energy and responsiveness to the interruption of personal space by exhibiting a raw and exposed view to the desire, resistance, uncertainty, power—or lack of power—in proximity”
Photo By: Bill Cameron
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LDV, Live @ The Shed
August 2021
Twenty-six of the Twin Cities most vibrant dancers come together for an outdoor dance event featuring the world premiere of LDV, co-choreographed by Berit Ahlgren and Helen Hatch.
Photo By: Bill Cameron