Hedwig Dances: Open Company Classes!

HEDWIG DANCES offers Open Company Classes at the Ruth Page Center in a series of consecutive Wednesdays from September 30 to November 18, 2026 featuring our incredible company artists.

DAYS: Wednesdays (September 30-November 18)

TIME: 10 AM to 11:15 AM

LOCATION: Ruth Page Center, Studio 4

CLASS FEE: $12 (non-refundable)

Register for classes a la carte OR- dance more, save more! Purchase a bundle of 4 classes for $40 or 8 classes for $80.

MILO SACHSE HOFHEIMER'S BUNDLE: September 30, October 7, October 14, October 21

KELLY KOSIEK'S BUNDLE:

October 28, November 4, November 11, November 18

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CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

Milo Sachse-Hofheimer guides participants through improvisational structures and choreography, readying the body to release, move into the floor, and tap into a range of qualities. Throughout the class, emphasis is placed on consciously pushing endurance to understand the potential of one’s body. Folks of all ranges of experiences and identities are welcome to participate. Accommodations to the class are possible so that everyone can fully participate. Milo’s movement practice is inspired by release-based techniques, contemporary floor work, as well as somatic practices.

Kelly Kosiek guides participants through a contemporary-focused class with structures and practices incorporating floorwork, phrase work and improvisation. The practice will focus on the physicality of dance with a strong emphasis on working with with energetic presence and connection we as artists create with one another, the self, the viewer and the movement through the body. Curiosity over ambition is held with weight in an effort to learn, connect, and stimulate through the means of practices with improvisation, floor work and phrase work.

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BIOS

Milo Sachse-Hofheimer is a queer, Midwestern-raised artist whose curiosities reside in the potency of the collective and our shared connection to nature. Throughout their professional career, they have grown a creative network with Drew Lewis (House of DOV), Jan Bartoszek (Hedwig Dances), and Carl Flink (Black Label Movement), as well as with choreographers Jessi Stegal, Hannah Marcus, and Erin Killmurray. These collaborations have resulted in works presented at the American Dance Festival, Bauhaus Dessau, Springboard Danse, the MCA, Schaübuhne Lindenfels, Steppenwolf Theater, DePaul Art Museum, the Arts Club of Chicago, Links Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, and Chicago Live!

Kelly Kosiek is an artist born and raised in Chicago where she began her early dance training. Her furthered training and education led her to attend Point Park University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance. Her performance experiences include works by Rennie Harris, Jessica Lang, Daniel Herman, Noelle Kayser, Natasha Adorlee, Rigo Saura, Paula Sousa, and Sarita Smith Childs. Her experiences have led her to perform on stage, in film work, and in site-specific work in museums, festivals and retreats throughout the United States and on an international level. These experiences include participation as part of Jenna Pollack’s residency at the Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago Live!, and Hedwig Dances’ residency at Ragdale among others. Kelly was part of Hedwig Dances’ 40th anniversary tour to Germany in connection with The Bauhaus as the institution also celebrated their 100th anniversary. During this time she had the honor to perform work by Hedwig Dances’ Artistic Director Jan Bartoszek at Schaubühne Lindefels as their season opener and at the Bauhaus Dessau. Kelly was also gifted the opportunity perform with Jan in the first piece Jan created during Hedwig’s 40th anniversary gala at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. Additionally, Kelly really values freelance work, the freelance community and the collective creative energy she has had the joy to participate in throughout Chicago as well. Apart from performance, Kelly has choreographed work during her time at Point Park University and around the Chicagoland area. Previously a member of Inaside Chicago Dance, Kelly is currently with Hedwig Dances and Khecari.