HATCH
DANCE
Helen Hatch
Hatch Dance Founder and Producing Artistic Director
Helen Hatch is a Minneapolis-based choreographer, performer, director, and educator. She is the recipient of the 2026 McKnight Choreographer Fellowship, multiple MN State Arts Board and Metropolitan Regional Arts Council grants, and was a 2022 University of NC School of the Arts Choreographic Institute Resident.
Named one of Minnesota Monthly’s 10 Artists to Watch in 2012, she began her professional career with Minnesota Dance Theatre, where she performed a wide range of repertory and created her own choreographic works. In 2018, she formed Hatch Dance to house her choreographic work. Under her direction, the company has cultivated innovative collaborative processes that have resulted in critically acclaimed performances combining dance, music, and theater. Alongside her work with Hatch Dance, Helen has maintained an extensive freelance career, performing with The Moving Company, Minnesota Opera, and HoneyWorks, among others.
Helen holds a BFA in Dance from the Ailey/Fordham University BFA Program, graduating with Departmental Honors in 2011. Her choreography has been presented at the Ailey Citigroup Theater, Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out Festival, The Southern Theater, and The Cowles Center, as well as throughout Mexico and Guatemala through the Juntos Collective. She has been commissioned by Minnesota Dance Theatre, Saint Paul Ballet, Aveda, Mareck Dance, and THE MODERN REP. In 2018 and 2024, The Minnesota Star Tribune named her work as one of the “Top 10 Dance Performances” of the year.
Since 2013, she has taught ballet throughout the Twin Cities and currently serves as a teaching artist with Saint Paul Ballet and Minnesota Dance Theatre.
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Artemis Brown
Hatch Dance Artistic Associate
Artemis Brown is a non-binary twin cities dancer, actor, and massage therapist whose work involves theatrical devising, performance production, and paratheater technique education. A co-founder of Virginia Twins, a performing member of Commutator Collective, and associate artistic director of Hatch Dance, they direct, choreograph, act, dance, and design in collaboration with a continuously evolving community of performing artists. Through theatrical devising they collaboratively create a spirituality of togetherness. Artemis has devised and performed in 7 original full length performances with Virginia Twins since founding the group in 2017, and Artemis made their debut with Hatch Dance in their 2023 dance-theater performance PARADISE. When off the stage Artemis enjoys board games, camping, and learning about bodywork.
Photo by Bill Cameron