winifred haun
choreographer
Winifred Haun has been choreographer and Artistic Director of her own modern dance company, Winifred Haun & Dancers, since 1991. She was a soloist with the internationally acclaimed Joseph Holmes Chicago Dance Theater from 1985 to 1991. Ms. Haun has been nominated three times for the prestigious Ruth Page Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Dance Community. She has been recognized by Todayʼs Chicago Woman as one of 100 women making a difference in Chicago. Ms. Haunʼs choreography has been commissioned by Ballet Chicago, AMEBA Dance, Zephyr Dance, Oak Parkʼs Handel Week and many other Midwest and national groups. She has taught dance and dance composition at the Joffrey Ballet, Chicago Academy for the Arts, Dance Center of Columbia College, Beijing National Dance Academy, and at numerous festivals and workshops worldwide. In 2008, Wini was appointed Associate Artist at Voice of the City, a Chicago based multi-arts organization. Currently, Ms. Haun teaches modern dance at Hubbard St. Dance Chicago and Legere Dance Center. She is married to theoretical physicist, Stephan Parke, and they have three daughters.
