CO-founding artistic directors
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KRISTIN HOWE
Kristin Howe (Co-Artistic Director) received her Bachelor’s degree in Performing Arts, with an emphasis in Dance, from Colorado State University in 2005. During her time with CSU, she studied with Toronto Dance Theatre and at the American Dance Festival (Durham, NC).
She has performed with Korzatkowski Contemporary Dance, Rebound Dance, The Sonic Inertia Performance Group, Labor Force Dances, Wicked Sister Dance Theatre, We Dance (Erin Drummond), Joanna Lees, Jennifer Mack, Kelly Radermacher, and Strange and Liebhard New Music and Dance Ensemble. Kristin’s choreography has been shown at the American College Dance Festival (Long Beach, CA), New Visions Dance Festival (Fort Collins, CO) Rebound Dance Festival (Chicago, IL) The Dance Lab (Minneapolis, MN), Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, (Anchorage, AK) Kinetic Kitchen (Minneapolis, MN) and with Moving Collective (Louisville, KY).
In 2011, she co-founded Alternative Motion Project (AMP) alongside Joanna Lees in her home of Minneapolis, MN. Since AMP’s beginning, Kristin has choreographed 11 world premiers and co-produced 7 evening-length dance performances. As a choreographer, she enjoys collaborating with live musicians that have included Steve Howe (beat boxer), Alyssa Anderson (vocalist), Dameun Strange (composer/musician/performer), and Richard Haglund (composer/musician/percussionist). Kristin is thankful for her husband Steve, her boys, Ethan and Clayton, and her family for their continued support.
She has performed with Korzatkowski Contemporary Dance, Rebound Dance, The Sonic Inertia Performance Group, Labor Force Dances, Wicked Sister Dance Theatre, We Dance (Erin Drummond), Joanna Lees, Jennifer Mack, Kelly Radermacher, and Strange and Liebhard New Music and Dance Ensemble. Kristin’s choreography has been shown at the American College Dance Festival (Long Beach, CA), New Visions Dance Festival (Fort Collins, CO) Rebound Dance Festival (Chicago, IL) The Dance Lab (Minneapolis, MN), Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, (Anchorage, AK) Kinetic Kitchen (Minneapolis, MN) and with Moving Collective (Louisville, KY).
In 2011, she co-founded Alternative Motion Project (AMP) alongside Joanna Lees in her home of Minneapolis, MN. Since AMP’s beginning, Kristin has choreographed 11 world premiers and co-produced 7 evening-length dance performances. As a choreographer, she enjoys collaborating with live musicians that have included Steve Howe (beat boxer), Alyssa Anderson (vocalist), Dameun Strange (composer/musician/performer), and Richard Haglund (composer/musician/percussionist). Kristin is thankful for her husband Steve, her boys, Ethan and Clayton, and her family for their continued support.
JOANNA LEES
Joanna Lees (Executive + Co-Artistic Director) is an emerging choreographer out of Minneapolis, MN. Originally from the Washington, D.C. area, Joanna graduated cum laude with distinction in 2007 with a BFA in Dance and a minor in Business from The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH) where she was also an Arts Scholar and the recipient of the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum Scholarship. Joanna studied with various artists including Bebe Miller and Susan Hadley, and performed Doug Varone’s Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) in collaboration with BalletMet Columbus.
Since moving to the Twin Cities in 2008, Joanna has performed in works with and by several dance artists including Penelope Freeh, Taja Will, Heather Klopchin, Labor Force Dances, Strange and Liebhard New Music and Dance Ensemble, Rainy Day Cabaret, Erin Drummond, Laura Holway, Jennifer Mack, Erinn Liebhard, Kelly Radermacher, and Kristin Howe. Joanna also showcased her own choreography independently in Minneapolis before co-founding Alternative Motion Project alongside Kristin Howe in 2011; she has created and premiered 11 new works with AMP in the last four years.
In addition to COD, Joanna’s work has been shown with The Moving Collective in Louisville, KY and as part of the Midwest Regional Alternative Dance Festival in Kalamazoo, MI. Joanna enjoys the collaborative process including with COD professor and composer Lee Kesselman and Chicago visual artist René Romero Schuler. Joanna also premiered her first multi-media dance work entitled #binge earlier this year in Minneapolis. Joanna is endlessly grateful to her supportive friends and family, in particular, her husband Bobby.
Since moving to the Twin Cities in 2008, Joanna has performed in works with and by several dance artists including Penelope Freeh, Taja Will, Heather Klopchin, Labor Force Dances, Strange and Liebhard New Music and Dance Ensemble, Rainy Day Cabaret, Erin Drummond, Laura Holway, Jennifer Mack, Erinn Liebhard, Kelly Radermacher, and Kristin Howe. Joanna also showcased her own choreography independently in Minneapolis before co-founding Alternative Motion Project alongside Kristin Howe in 2011; she has created and premiered 11 new works with AMP in the last four years.
In addition to COD, Joanna’s work has been shown with The Moving Collective in Louisville, KY and as part of the Midwest Regional Alternative Dance Festival in Kalamazoo, MI. Joanna enjoys the collaborative process including with COD professor and composer Lee Kesselman and Chicago visual artist René Romero Schuler. Joanna also premiered her first multi-media dance work entitled #binge earlier this year in Minneapolis. Joanna is endlessly grateful to her supportive friends and family, in particular, her husband Bobby.
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Header Photo by Lauren Baker Photography
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