Penelope Freeh

Penelope Freeh is a dancer, choreographer, teacher and writer. She danced for James Sewell Ballet for seventeen years where she served as Artistic Associate. Her writing has appeared in Dance Magazine, METRO Magazine and on barefootpenny.blogspot.com. In 2010 she received a McKnight Artist Fellowship for Choreographers and won a SAGE award for Best Performer. She teaches Ballet at the University of MN. Her new work, SLIPPERY FISH and other offerings of New Music and Dance, in collaboration with composer Jocelyn Hagen will be at the Southern Theater September 28 - 30: ticketworks.com.
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  • What this dancer eats

    Editorial
    Let me start by saying that I am devoted to coffee. Most dancers are. It comes with the happy side...
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  • Behold(en)

    Editorial
    Transparency. Mystery. An inner logic. A sense of inevitability. Surprises. Singularity. These are some of my criteria for evaluating the...
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  • What moves you?

    Editorial
    There are dances that come to me in dreams. Their tiny spines are just discernable through layers of transparent material...
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