Laura Peterson is choreographer, performer and Artistic Director of Open Arts Studio. Her work has been widely presented across the United States and internationally. In the US, her choreography has been presented at major cultural venues such as The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, and Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out. Internationally, her work has been performed throughout Europe and in Argentina.
Peterson performed her solo work SOLO as part of the Museum of Modern Art exhibition Judson Dance Theater: The Work is Never Done, situating her within an important historical and experimental dance context. Her 2021 piece Interglacial was commissioned by Dixon Place, with additional support from a New York State Council on the Arts Individual Choreography Commission, and premiered in 2022.
Over the past two decades, Peterson has received numerous residencies and commissions. These include the HERE Arts Center Artist Residency Program (HARP), a Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship in Italy, and multiple residencies at Marble House Project, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Subcircle, and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), among others.
Her choreography has been commissioned by organizations including Dixon Place, LMCC’s River-to-River Festival, and the Queens Museum of Art. In addition to her independent work, she has created repertory for dance companies including Pennsylvania Ballet and Hartford Ballet.
Laura’s work has been supported by grants and awards from the New York State Council on the Arts, multiple Brooklyn Arts Council and Greenwall Foundation grants, as well as Trust for Mutual Understanding, the Bossak/Heilbron Charitable Foundation, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
She has taught and created dances for students at Princeton University, Marymount College, Rutgers University, NYU, Bowdoin College among other educational institutions. Laura holds an MFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and a BFA from University of the Arts.
She loves being part of the Joffrey Ballet School faculty.
