Artistic Director
Robin Stiehm, founder (1994) and Director of DPC, started dancing in 1969 and has been dancing professionally since 1975. She began choreographing in 1989, while still dancing at MN’s New Dance Ensemble. Fifteen years of professional performance experience provided a formidable foundation for her transition into the realm of choreography. She has received funding from the McKnight and Jerome Foundations, and the Minnesota State Arts Board. She was the 2000 recipient of the Bush Foundation’s Artist Fellowship, one of the most prestigious awards in the Midwest region. In both 1999 and 2001 she received Minneapolis’ City Pages “Best Choreographer” award. Audiences applaud her dances for their evocative landscapes that engage the emotion and the intellect. The Minneapolis Star Tribune said: “Stiehm’s choreography shows an ever-developing intelligence, rigor and artistic maturity…”
