JULIA RHOADS (Founding Artistic Director) has created over 25 works with the company, several of which have toured extensively throughout the US. Additional choreography credits include Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, Redmoon, and River North Chicago Dance Company, among others. She is the recipient of an Alpert Award in Dance, fellowships from Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago Dancemakers Forum and the Jacob K Javits Foundation, and her innovative arts management practices have been recognized through a Fractured Atlas Arts Entrepreneurship Award and a MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. She received her BA in History from Northwestern University, her MFA in Performance from the School of the Art Institute Chicago, and is currently a Lecturer and Dance Advisor in Theater and Performance Studies at The University of Chicago.