Jan Bartoszek is the Founder/Artistic Director of Hedwig Dances, a 33-year old Chicago-based contemporary dance theater ensemble in residence at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts.  Throughout her career, she has fostered a spirit of collaboration with other interdisciplinary artists; merging choreography, objects, media, text and music to create dances that resonate with complexity and depth.

Ms. Bartoszek has choreographed over 65 dances that critics have described as “intelligent, accomplished, moving” (Chicago Tribune), and “poignantly human” (Chicago Reader).  These dances have been presented in national performance venues, and internationally in Cuba, Mexico, Honduras, Brazil and Canada.  Her most recent work, Futura, premiered at the Dance Center of Columbia College in November 2018 and will travel to Dessau, Germany for the Centenary Celebration performance in September 2019.