Executive & Artistic Director

As the founder of the Ormao Dance Company (in 1990), Ms. Johnson has brought a longed for level of professional contemporary dance to our city. Her work has brought noted choreographers to the company, given young, emerging choreographers fertile ground to launch exciting new works, and fostered a reputation for tremendous collaborations. As a choreographer, she has developed a wide repertoire of award winning collaborative works including PREPRESS (2017) and Protest (2014). Her belief in the inclusive nature of modern dance has created a company with depth of artistic expression, brilliance of technical skill, and given back to the Colorado Springs community a professional contemporary dance company they can call their own.