Laurel Atwell

Laurel Atwell has been performing and building performance-driven work since graduating from Sarah Lawrence College. Her work and collaborations have been presented at MoMA PS1, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Danspace Project, Movement Research at Judson Memorial Church, Center for Performance Research, Gibney Dance, Abrons Arts Center, Dixon Place; as part of Sundays on Broadway, Performa ’11, CATCH, Offerings; have shown in Los Angeles, CA, Marfa, TX, Minneapolis, MN, and New Haven, CT. She has worked with luciana achugar, Phoebe Berglund, Kim Brandt, Milka Djordjevich (for which Atwell received a 2018 Bessie nomination for her performance in ANTHEM), Beth Gill, Ursula Eagly, Barnett Cohen, Camilla Carper, Nikima Jagudajev, Melanie Maar, and Melinda Ring, among others. Atwell participated in the 2022 Maumaus Independent Study Program in Lisbon, Portugal, beginning corresponding live and video projects that attempt to decipher the new perceptions of reality, desire, and mortality thanks to the internet as well as merge the necessities and benefits of the organized group (towards policy, agenda, legible accomplishment) with the disorganized group (towards intuition, pleasure, the self maintained). She is a qi gong facilitator and Reiki practitioner. @affirmation.machine laurel.atwell@gmail.com

  • Artist in Residence
  • 2016 Artist in Residence
  • Faculty
  • 2016 Artist-In-Residence
  • Critical Correspondence Contributor
  • Physical Inquiry and Somatic Practices Faculty
  • Publishing
  • Movement Research at the Judson Church Performance Series
  • MR@Judson Artist
a digital photo that has a datamosh quality to it. The face of Laurel is featured mostly in shades of green, and the pixels seem to jam and striate up against one another as if the photo has been chiseled into the side of a mountain. Her arms appear at the bottom of the photo, the aspect of the image that can been seen as
ID: a digital photo that has a datamosh quality to it. The face of Laurel is featured mostly in shades of green, and the pixels seem to jam and striate up against one another as if the photo has been chiseled into the side of a mountain. Her arms appear at the bottom of the photo, the aspect of the image that can been seen as "correct". Laurel is looking at you. She prevails. Photo by Whitney Browne

Upcoming classes and workshops

Category: Class

Qi Gong

Laurel Atwell

Tue, Sep 16 - Dec 16, 2025

A collage with an image of sunflowers and an image of a leaf like object being held up to a window. Text reads, Not Knowing, Learning. Image courtesy of the faculty.

Past classes and workshops

  • Tue, Mar 4 - Jun 10, 2025Qi GongCategory: Class