Laurel Atwell

Laurel Atwell has been performing and making work since graduating from Sarah Lawrence College in 2008. 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, as well as in Los Angeles, CA, Marfa, TX, and Minneapolis, MN. 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, Nikima Jagudajev, Melanie Maar, and Melinda Ring, among others. Atwell participated in the 2022 Maumaus Independent Study Program in Lisbon, Portugal, beginning a project that attempts to decipher the new perceptions of reality, desire, and mortality thanks to the internet.

  • 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
Photo by Whitney Browne. A white woman dressed in dark shirt and pants lies on ground in room with white walls and floor; woman's left arm is outstretched, lifted up holding a piece of glass. In the reflection you can see her face.
ID: Photo by Whitney Browne. A white woman dressed in dark shirt and pants lies on ground in room with white walls and floor; woman's left arm is outstretched, lifted up holding a piece of glass. In the reflection you can see her face.

Upcoming classes and workshops

Category: Class

Qi Gong

Laurel Atwell

Tue, Mar 4 - Jun 10, 2025

This image is a drawing by Juan Li, who drew a lot of images for Mantak Chia. It's an image of the thrusting channels, that travel up through the center of the body to connect the body both into the earth through the soles of the feet, and to the space above through the crown point at the top of the skull. The energy outside of the body spirals in green and rainbow coloring, and courses through the body and the seven chakra system.