IRÉNE HULTMAN is native of Sweden and a New York based
choreographer. From 1983-1988 she was a member of the
Trisha Brown Company. In 1988 she created Iréne
Hultman Dance and received national and international
recognition for work spanning fifteen years, of which
several premiered at The Joyce Theater and Danspace
Project St. Mark's Church in NYC. She has
choreographed seven Opera Productions including
Mozart's Don Giovanni for Norrlands Operan, Sweden and
The Magic Flute for Drottningholms Slottsteater,
Sweden. Her commissions includes Firebird for
Gothenburg Opera Ballet and I Find Comfort for Pina
Bausch Company 2 (FTS), Germany. She has also
choregraphed musicals and cabaret's including South
Pacific for Malmö Opera och Musik Teater and A Touch
of Kurt Weil for Kultur Huset, in Stockholm. She is
the co-Founder of Järna-Brooklyn, a Swedish-American
cultural entity that encourages artistic
experimentation and exchange and a founding member of
the multi-media collective "Fire Work" in Stockholm.
Hultman is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in
Choreography and a Foundation for Contemporary
Performance Arts Award among others. Ms. Hultman
serves on Danspace Project's Artist Advisory Board and
on The Bessie Committee (New York City Dance and
Performance Award). Ms. Hultman continues her
involvement with Movement Research and other
independent art organizations in NYC.
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