• jules bither, Laurie Van Wieren, Jinza Thayer in mid-dance. Phot credit: Brian Lambert.

    10 x 10 Solo/Ensemble

    Red Eye Theater, April 2024
    Ensemble: Jules Bither, Dexter Carlson, Judith Howard, Eva Mohn, Margaret Ogas, Alys Ayumi Ogura, Anat Shinar, Jinza Thayer, Laurie Van Wieren. Photo: Brian Lambert.

  • Laurie Van Wieren lying on a sidewalk, looking up, next to a parking lot where a blue van with an open door is parked in front of a blue sky

    because you came here and sat down

    Southern Theater, February 2024
    Kaleena Miller and Laurie Van Wieren present and perform an improvised, sound-focused work. Photo credit: Brian Lambert.

  • Four dancers in blue in a green field against a green background of trees

    Just Between Ewes and Me

    Galewoods Farm, August 2023
    Ensemble: Dexter Carlson, Judith Howard, Kaleena Miller, The Ewes of Gale Woods, Mardi Gras the Llama, & Tim Reese. Produced by Jennifer Glaws. Photo Bill Cameron.

  • Where is our tomorrow, now?

    Frogtown Rec Center, Dec 2022
    Solo: Laurie Van Wieren
    Michelle Kinney: Cello
    Photo credit: Tom Corcoran.

  • Snacers and audience in the SooVAC gallery

    4 Portraits 4 SooVAC

    Soo Visual Art Center, Nov 2021
    Ensemble: jules bither, Lauren Coleman, Alys Ayumi Ogura, Laurie Van Wieren.
    Photo Credit: Tiffany Lange

  • Jules Bither in tuquoise shirt and bright yellow pants dancing on a round floating pier on the Mississipi River

    Shoreline Project: On the River

    Mississippi River, September 19, 2020
    Ensemble: jules bither, Michelle Kinney, Jinza Thayer, Pramila Vasudevan, Captain Greg. Produced by Alyssa Baguss. Photo credit: Laurie Van Wieren

  • Six dancers in white in a line on the dock of a lake under the full moon

    South of You: The Full Moon

    Silverwood Park, Oct 2020
    Ensemble: jules bither, Charles Campbell,  Lauren Coleman, David Donovan, Non Edwards, Dana Kassel, Michelle Kinney, Megan Mayer, Alys Ayumi Ogura.
    Photo credit: Chris Holman

  • Five dancers in dark clothing running in a dimly lighted gym towards the camera

    North of Your Foot

    Sports and Recreation Center, Bethel University, Oct 2017
    Ensemble: jules bither, Corinne Caouette, Lauren Coleman, Tim Glenn, Alys Ayumi Ogura, Anna Marie Shogren, Laurie Van Wieren, Pramila Vasudevan, .
    Photo credit: Steven Lange

  • Dana Kassel in a black coat and red scarf dancing on ice skates on a frozen lake against bare trees, some with red leaves

    Winter Field Work

    Silverwood Park, Feb, 2017
    Ensemble: Alexandra Bodnarchuk, Charles Campbell, Tom Carlson, Rachel Clark, Hannah Germaine, MC Halasz, Anders Hanson, Chris Holman, Amy Jones, Dana Kassel, Kaya Lovestrand, Laura Levinson, Rene J Meyer-Grimberg, Hoang Uyen Nguyen, Anna Marie Shogren,.
    Photo credit: Brian Lambert

  • Laurie Van Wieren in black, clinging to a corner of the old stone proscenium arch

    Temporary Action Theory

    Southern Theater, Nov, 2016
    Solo: Laurie Van Wieren
    Dramaturgs: Barbara Berlovitz, Judith Howard, and Pramila Vasudavan
    Photo credit: Galen Higgins

Choreography

Photo credit: Megan Mayer

Choreographed Works [Selected]

  • 2024 10 x 10 Solo/Ensemble, Red Eye Theater, Minneapolis, MN

  • 2024 because you came here and sat down, Southern Theater, MN

  • 2023 Just Between Ewes and Me, Gale Wood Farms, Minnetrista, MN

  • 2022 Where is Our Tomorrow Now? Frogtown Rec, St. Paul, MN

  • 2021 4 Portraits, Soo Visual Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

  • 2020 Shoreline Project: On the River, Mississippi River, MN

  • 2020 South of You: The Moon and You, Silverwood Park, MN

  • 2018 Solo for Bob, Links Hall, Chicago, IL

  • 2017 North of Your Foot, Bethel University, MN

  • 2017 Winter Field Work, Silverwood Park, MN

  • 2016 Temporary Action Theory (solo Eve.), Southern Theater, MN

  • 2016 Summer Field Work, Silverwood Park, MN

  • 2016 Quartet for Chicago, Revere Park, Chicago, IL

  • 2015 Exactly like this (solo), Open Eye Theater, MN

  • 2015 4x4=100 Choreographers, Walker Art Center

  • 2014 1 dancer and a dj, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN

  • 2013 SOLO/QUARTET, TekBox, Minneapolis, MN

  • 2011 Who Made These Videotapes?, Studio 206, MN

  • 2009 Like a Movie I Saw Once: The Remake, Bryant Lake Bowl, MN

  • 2008 Like a Movie I Saw Once, Ritz Theater, MN

  • 2007 Antonia, Good-Bye Mania, Fabrik, Potsdam, Germany

  • 2006 Our Lady of Sorrow, Anthony, Yaroslavl, Russia

  • 2006 5 dancers and 1 dj, Red Eye Theater, MN

  • 2004 Too!/ Cake Dance, Southern Theater, MN

  • 2004 Out of Character (Five Solo’s), The Tin Shed, MN

  • 2002 Contemporary Spectacle, Weisman Art Museum, MN

  • 1999 Lives and Death of Cinderella (Trio), O’Shaughnessy Theater, MN

  • 1996 Augenblicksgott, Walker Art Center, MN

  • 1995 Icehouse Tango: A Winter Pageant, Lake of the Isles, MN

  • 1993 Mania, Memory, Melancholy; Melody, Space Space Studio, MN

  • 1992 B-Specifics with Exploding Head Trick, Hennepin Center, MN

  • 1991 Foccacia, Max, Maurice & ; LaLa Danspace/St. Marks, NYC

  • 1991 Anthony, Walker Art Center, MN

  • 1990 Gertrude, Danspace/St. Marks, NYC

  • 1990 Weak in the Knees Hennepin Center, MN

  • 1988 Struggle with an Angel, Resort McKnight Theater, MN

  • 1986 TV/Memoir, Walker Art Center, MN

  • 1985 Your Dog’s Gonna Like This, Walker Art Center, MN

  • 1984 It Had to Be You (Group Piece), Antiques Ballroom, MN

  • 1983 Bark at the Moon (Solo), Roulette Studio, NYC

  • 1981 Mask (Solo), Walker Art Center, MN

  • 1980 Group Piece with Film Loop, Walker Art Center, MN

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