About Laura

Laura Osterhaus Rosenstone is a movement artist and educator, born and raised in the Midwest. Across all modes of creating, she strives to connect with and listen to people. Laura received her M.F.A. in Choreography & Performance from Smith College and her B.A. in Dance from the University of Minnesota. Throughout her years of dance education, Laura has had the opportunity to work with choreographers Nora Chipaumire, Gregory Dolbashian, Maurya Kerr, Garth Fagan, and Chris Aiken among many others. As a member of Zenon Dance Company in Minneapolis 2016-2019, Laura performed the work of Kyle Abraham, Michelle Boulé, Danny Buraczeski, Sam Kim and others throughout Minnesota and across the country. Laura is a member of creative trio, Kelvin Wailey, in addition to her on-screen and live performance roles alongside musical artists for John Mark Creative. As the founding artistic director of Slo Dance Company, she collaborates with an ever-evolving group of artists to build work seeded in slowness–embracing the process of intimate relationship-building and developing collective awareness through embodied listening. Laura currently dances for Kia the Key & Company, a street and club styles company directed by Shakia Barron, and in Vanessa Anspaugh’s latest touring work morning after mournings. Laura is the co-chair of the dance department at St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists, as well as an adjunct instructor at the University of Minnesota.

Photo credit: Isabel Fajardo