SELECTED PROJECT HISTORY (Generative)
2024
is this magic?: evening length, experimental live performance blending dance film & live dance. Each performance followed by an artist talk back. Lagom (Two Harbors, Mn), The Lab (Duluth, Mn), the Southern Theater (Minneapolis, Mn). Two Harbors performance in collaboration with a local business owner to launch the opening of their new business (April, June, August 2024).
Tender Offerings: art exhibit & community event celebrating the natural places of Ely. Ely, Mn (August 2024).
wednesday morning: live dance, Dances on the Lakewalk, Duluth, Mn (July 2024).
Community Creative Movement Workshops: a series of free workshops exploring solitude and nature. Two Harbors Public Library (May 2024).
Zenith Dance Collective: Duluth Homegrown Music Festival, collaboration with local musician Ryan Lane (May 2024).
2023
*just now: series of 5 interactive short dance films presented via Upstream Minnesota & Schiltgen’s social media pages. This series, filmed in Two Harbors, considers place-based stewardship.
*Tender Offerings: art exhibit & community event celebrating the natural places of Two Harbors. Two Harbors, Mn (November-December)
2022:
*object permanence: dance film. This work considers Schiltgen’s identity and level of visibility as rural, autistic, adhd, artist, and woman. Filmed in Two Harbors. Choreographers’ Evening, Walker Art Center (Mpls, Mn, 2022). Virtual screening (2022). Duluth Superior Film Festival (Duluth, Mn, 2023)
2021
*recipe for something: live dance. Schiltgen explores choreography inspired by framing techniques used in screendance, through prop work with a large wooden board. Choreographers’ Evening, Walker Art Center (Mpls, Mn, 2021), Dances on the Lakewalk (Duluth, Mn, 2021).
*Deep Water: evening length work consisting of Short Haul (live dance), Shantyman (live dance), & Long Drag (dance film). Deep Water explores sea shanties as a device to structure & inform choreography while examining productivity, work & community. Rhythmically Speaking’s The Cohort 20/21 (Mpls, Mn, 2021), Good Night at the Southern Theater (Mpls, Mn, 2021).
*the I’s have it: screendance film. This work explores listening, with the rural landscape as a metaphor for intuition. Filmed in Two Harbors. End of the Road Film Festival, Ely, Mn (2023). North Dakota Environmental Rights Film Festival (Nd, 2022), Wolf Tree Film Festival (Mi, 2022), In Shadow Screendance Festival (Portugal, 2021), International Meeting on Video-Dance & Video-Performance (Spain & France, 2021), Duluth Superior Film Festival (Duluth, Mn, 2021), DanceBARN Screendance Festival (Fergus Falls, Mn, 2021). Virtual premiere & artist chat (2021).
2020
*with River: dance film. A duet with the Gooseberry River in Two Harbors, Mn. This work explores the concept of landscape as collaborator. Inbox@Artbox (Mpls, Mn, 2020).
*Annie and Laura: live dance. This work brings to life Higgins female characters, exploring identity during adolescence. Commission for writer Tina Higgins Wussow. Teatro Zuccone (Duluth, Mn, 2020).
2019
*Come Go With Me: live dance. Schiltgen explores the rural landscapes uniting her past and present to choreograph a meditation for grounding. Choreographers’ Evening Walker Art Center (Mpls, Mn, 2019), Dances at the Lake Festival (Mpls, Mn, 2019), Dances on the Lakewalk (Duluth, Mn, 2019).
*Short Haul: live dance, Minnesota Fringe Festival (Mpls, Mn, 2019).
2017
*Catching Up: live dance. Schiltgen explores the tension between her rural roots and the urban spaces she sought to fit into. Commission for Eclectic Edge Ensemble. First Jazz View, Tek Box (Mpls, Mn, 2017).
WORK IN DEVELOPMENT
SCHILTGEN, CV 2
*is this magic? Rural MN Tour 2025: Schiltgen will tour her experimental dance performance to Battle Lake, Detroit Lakes, Ely, & Grand Marais. Each performance accompanied by artist talkback and creative movement workshop.
*anemoia: multi-screen screendance installation. This work considers seeing alternate realities in our memories. A derelict rural environment serves as metaphor. To be installed in vacant buildings around Two Harbors.
*she thinks evil: multi-screen screendance installation. Currently in research. Research funded by MSAB. This piece explores oppressive structures within our perception rendering women and nature inconspicuous.
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS, COMMISSIONS
2024 Minnesota State Arts Board Support for Creative Individuals
2024 Arrowhead Regional Art Council Artist Equity Grant
2024 Commission from Zenith Dance Collective
2023 Finalist Jerome Minnesota Film, Video & Digital Artist Development Grant
2023 Upstream Minnesota Artist Fellowship, in partnership with Springboard for the Arts
2023 Rural Futures Summit
2022 Minnesota State Arts Board Support for Creative Individuals
2022 Work selected for 50th Anniversary of Walker Art Center Choreographers’ Evening (object permanence)
2022 Commission from musician Dean Sibinski, Fold (choreography for film, solo)
2021 Work selected for Walker Art Center Choreographers’ Evening (recipe for something)
2021 Commission from Rhythmically Speaking Dance
2020 Arrowhead Regional Art Council Artist Access Grant
2020 Commission from writer Tina Higgins Wussow
2019 Work selected for Walker Art Center Choreographers’ Evening (Come Go With Me)
2017 Commission from Eclectic Edge Ensemble
EDUCATION
*Film: Experimental Video for Storytelling (Laleh Mehran, 2024), Screendance in the Natural Landscape Workshop (Katrina McPherson, Colin McPherson, 2023), Intro to Screendance (Katrina McPherson, University of Utah-Graduate School through community education, 2020), Adobe Premiere Essentials (on-line course 2020-2021), Filmmaking with Your Smartphone (Nick Clausen, Film North, 2019)
*Dance: Bachelor of Arts in Dance, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 2005-2010. Choreography represented the U of M at North Central ACDFA. Choreography selected for ACDFA gala concert. Course work: modern dance, ballet, jazz, composition, dance history, theorizing dancing bodies.
*Youth Studies: Minor in Youth Studies, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 2005-2010.
*Leadership: Minor in Leadership, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 2005-2010.
PRESS
Best Bets, Duluth News Tribune, 2024, print, Coffee Conversation: “Is this Magic?” Experimental Dance Solo at the NorShor Theatre, Fox21, 2024, television, “is this magic?”, Good Morning Northland, WDIO, 2024, television, ‘Is This Magic’ bringing experimental dance to the NorShor for one night only, The Lift, WDIO, 2024, television, Local Artist Holds Creative Movement Classes at Two Harbors Public Library, North Shore Journal, 2024, print, Local Artist Premieres New Screendance, North Shore Journal, 2022, print, What 50 years of Walker Art Center's Choreographers' Evening Means for Choreography Today, Dispatch, 2022, web, Celebrating 50 Years of Eclectic Dance at Walker Art Center, Star Tribune, 2022, print, Two Harbors Artist Showcases Dance at Walker Art Center, Duluth News Tribune, 2021, print, Schiltgen’s Screendance Goes to Film Festivals, North Shore Journal, 2021, print, Local Choreographer Presenting at Walker Art Center, North Shore Journal, 2019, print
RELEVANT SERVICE
Two Harbors + Duluth Creative Cohort, Facilitator, current, Friends of the Waterfront, Creative Documentation, current, Freshwater Dance Collective, Creative Documentation, 2023, Two Harbors Arts, Board Member, 2022-current, Duluth Dance Co-op, Teacher, 2018-2020
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH RURAL COMMUNITIES
Wildhaven, Owner/Operator, farmstay connecting people & planet through rest & creativity. Lodging, art classes, sustainable homestead tours, 2017-current, Foxtail Farm, Volunteer Farm Hand, 2017-2018, Osceola, Wi, Women’s Environmental Institute, Farm Hand 2016-2018, Wyoming, Mn, Land Stewardship Farm Beginnings Graduate, 2016, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley Elementary School, dance residency for students in grades K-5, Clinton, Mn, 2011
2024
is this magic?: evening length, experimental live performance blending dance film & live dance. Each performance followed by an artist talk back. Lagom (Two Harbors, Mn), The Lab (Duluth, Mn), the Southern Theater (Minneapolis, Mn). Two Harbors performance in collaboration with a local business owner to launch the opening of their new business (April, June, August 2024).
Tender Offerings: art exhibit & community event celebrating the natural places of Ely. Ely, Mn (August 2024).
wednesday morning: live dance, Dances on the Lakewalk, Duluth, Mn (July 2024).
Community Creative Movement Workshops: a series of free workshops exploring solitude and nature. Two Harbors Public Library (May 2024).
Zenith Dance Collective: Duluth Homegrown Music Festival, collaboration with local musician Ryan Lane (May 2024).
2023
*just now: series of 5 interactive short dance films presented via Upstream Minnesota & Schiltgen’s social media pages. This series, filmed in Two Harbors, considers place-based stewardship.
*Tender Offerings: art exhibit & community event celebrating the natural places of Two Harbors. Two Harbors, Mn (November-December)
2022:
*object permanence: dance film. This work considers Schiltgen’s identity and level of visibility as rural, autistic, adhd, artist, and woman. Filmed in Two Harbors. Choreographers’ Evening, Walker Art Center (Mpls, Mn, 2022). Virtual screening (2022). Duluth Superior Film Festival (Duluth, Mn, 2023)
2021
*recipe for something: live dance. Schiltgen explores choreography inspired by framing techniques used in screendance, through prop work with a large wooden board. Choreographers’ Evening, Walker Art Center (Mpls, Mn, 2021), Dances on the Lakewalk (Duluth, Mn, 2021).
*Deep Water: evening length work consisting of Short Haul (live dance), Shantyman (live dance), & Long Drag (dance film). Deep Water explores sea shanties as a device to structure & inform choreography while examining productivity, work & community. Rhythmically Speaking’s The Cohort 20/21 (Mpls, Mn, 2021), Good Night at the Southern Theater (Mpls, Mn, 2021).
*the I’s have it: screendance film. This work explores listening, with the rural landscape as a metaphor for intuition. Filmed in Two Harbors. End of the Road Film Festival, Ely, Mn (2023). North Dakota Environmental Rights Film Festival (Nd, 2022), Wolf Tree Film Festival (Mi, 2022), In Shadow Screendance Festival (Portugal, 2021), International Meeting on Video-Dance & Video-Performance (Spain & France, 2021), Duluth Superior Film Festival (Duluth, Mn, 2021), DanceBARN Screendance Festival (Fergus Falls, Mn, 2021). Virtual premiere & artist chat (2021).
2020
*with River: dance film. A duet with the Gooseberry River in Two Harbors, Mn. This work explores the concept of landscape as collaborator. Inbox@Artbox (Mpls, Mn, 2020).
*Annie and Laura: live dance. This work brings to life Higgins female characters, exploring identity during adolescence. Commission for writer Tina Higgins Wussow. Teatro Zuccone (Duluth, Mn, 2020).
2019
*Come Go With Me: live dance. Schiltgen explores the rural landscapes uniting her past and present to choreograph a meditation for grounding. Choreographers’ Evening Walker Art Center (Mpls, Mn, 2019), Dances at the Lake Festival (Mpls, Mn, 2019), Dances on the Lakewalk (Duluth, Mn, 2019).
*Short Haul: live dance, Minnesota Fringe Festival (Mpls, Mn, 2019).
2017
*Catching Up: live dance. Schiltgen explores the tension between her rural roots and the urban spaces she sought to fit into. Commission for Eclectic Edge Ensemble. First Jazz View, Tek Box (Mpls, Mn, 2017).
WORK IN DEVELOPMENT
SCHILTGEN, CV 2
*is this magic? Rural MN Tour 2025: Schiltgen will tour her experimental dance performance to Battle Lake, Detroit Lakes, Ely, & Grand Marais. Each performance accompanied by artist talkback and creative movement workshop.
*anemoia: multi-screen screendance installation. This work considers seeing alternate realities in our memories. A derelict rural environment serves as metaphor. To be installed in vacant buildings around Two Harbors.
*she thinks evil: multi-screen screendance installation. Currently in research. Research funded by MSAB. This piece explores oppressive structures within our perception rendering women and nature inconspicuous.
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS, COMMISSIONS
2024 Minnesota State Arts Board Support for Creative Individuals
2024 Arrowhead Regional Art Council Artist Equity Grant
2024 Commission from Zenith Dance Collective
2023 Finalist Jerome Minnesota Film, Video & Digital Artist Development Grant
2023 Upstream Minnesota Artist Fellowship, in partnership with Springboard for the Arts
2023 Rural Futures Summit
2022 Minnesota State Arts Board Support for Creative Individuals
2022 Work selected for 50th Anniversary of Walker Art Center Choreographers’ Evening (object permanence)
2022 Commission from musician Dean Sibinski, Fold (choreography for film, solo)
2021 Work selected for Walker Art Center Choreographers’ Evening (recipe for something)
2021 Commission from Rhythmically Speaking Dance
2020 Arrowhead Regional Art Council Artist Access Grant
2020 Commission from writer Tina Higgins Wussow
2019 Work selected for Walker Art Center Choreographers’ Evening (Come Go With Me)
2017 Commission from Eclectic Edge Ensemble
EDUCATION
*Film: Experimental Video for Storytelling (Laleh Mehran, 2024), Screendance in the Natural Landscape Workshop (Katrina McPherson, Colin McPherson, 2023), Intro to Screendance (Katrina McPherson, University of Utah-Graduate School through community education, 2020), Adobe Premiere Essentials (on-line course 2020-2021), Filmmaking with Your Smartphone (Nick Clausen, Film North, 2019)
*Dance: Bachelor of Arts in Dance, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 2005-2010. Choreography represented the U of M at North Central ACDFA. Choreography selected for ACDFA gala concert. Course work: modern dance, ballet, jazz, composition, dance history, theorizing dancing bodies.
*Youth Studies: Minor in Youth Studies, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 2005-2010.
*Leadership: Minor in Leadership, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 2005-2010.
PRESS
Best Bets, Duluth News Tribune, 2024, print, Coffee Conversation: “Is this Magic?” Experimental Dance Solo at the NorShor Theatre, Fox21, 2024, television, “is this magic?”, Good Morning Northland, WDIO, 2024, television, ‘Is This Magic’ bringing experimental dance to the NorShor for one night only, The Lift, WDIO, 2024, television, Local Artist Holds Creative Movement Classes at Two Harbors Public Library, North Shore Journal, 2024, print, Local Artist Premieres New Screendance, North Shore Journal, 2022, print, What 50 years of Walker Art Center's Choreographers' Evening Means for Choreography Today, Dispatch, 2022, web, Celebrating 50 Years of Eclectic Dance at Walker Art Center, Star Tribune, 2022, print, Two Harbors Artist Showcases Dance at Walker Art Center, Duluth News Tribune, 2021, print, Schiltgen’s Screendance Goes to Film Festivals, North Shore Journal, 2021, print, Local Choreographer Presenting at Walker Art Center, North Shore Journal, 2019, print
RELEVANT SERVICE
Two Harbors + Duluth Creative Cohort, Facilitator, current, Friends of the Waterfront, Creative Documentation, current, Freshwater Dance Collective, Creative Documentation, 2023, Two Harbors Arts, Board Member, 2022-current, Duluth Dance Co-op, Teacher, 2018-2020
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH RURAL COMMUNITIES
Wildhaven, Owner/Operator, farmstay connecting people & planet through rest & creativity. Lodging, art classes, sustainable homestead tours, 2017-current, Foxtail Farm, Volunteer Farm Hand, 2017-2018, Osceola, Wi, Women’s Environmental Institute, Farm Hand 2016-2018, Wyoming, Mn, Land Stewardship Farm Beginnings Graduate, 2016, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley Elementary School, dance residency for students in grades K-5, Clinton, Mn, 2011
