Colette Krogol and Matt Reeves are acclaimed directors, choreographers, filmmakers, and mixed media designers. As a collaborative duo they have been creating dances together for over fifteen years through their founding and directing of Orange Grove Dance. Their award-winning works are noted for bringing virtuosic athleticism, mesmerizing design landscapes, and powerful imagery to their audiences. 

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Lauded for their versatility and vision as artists, Krogol and Reeves redefine the possibilities of dance as a communicative form of art that can meet audiences well beyond the confines of traditional stage venues. Through OGD, their genre spiraling works and commissions have been produced and presented worldwide in concert stages, museums, film festivals, underground tunnels, city streets, black box theaters, public parks, botanic gardens, and high-end hotels. Internationally, they have been Artists-in-Residence, creating choreographic and cinematic works in Finland, Iceland, Italy, Spain, and China. In January 2024, they returned to Finland to premiere their newest dance-u-mentary film, Rauma in Motion.

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Krogol and Reeves are Helen Hayes Award winners for “Outstanding Choreography in a Play” for their work in Round House Theatre’s production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2020). Additional honors and commissions include: 2023 Rubys Artist Grantees through the Deutsch Foundation, The Carla Fund for Choreography and Performance (Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation), Maryland State Arts Council’s Artist Awards, the Baker Artist Awards (2024, 2023, and 2021), and The Voxel’s 2024 Artists-in-Residence program– where they continued developing their newest stage work, A&I. 

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In 2018, Krogol and Reeves were featured in the June edition of Dance Teacher Magazine in a spread titled “Living the Dream: How One Couple Makes Their Life Together in Dance,” which highlighted their journey of building a life and a body of work through Orange Grove Dance.

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As faculty, they have served at Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute, Towson University, George Washington University, University of Florida, University of Maryland, and the Wuhan Institute of Design and Sciences in China. They have also directed residencies at American University, Dickinson College, Sweet Briar College, Hillsborough Community College, and the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in Israel.

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In 2019, Krogol and Reeves developed and launched the OGD Intensive, a unique summer intensive where dance, design, and film collide. Intended for serious pre-professional and professional dance artists with an interdisciplinary practice, this rigorous and immersive week-long intensive features an exciting lineup of classes, workshops, and labs. The OGD Intensive allows artists to get inside of OGD’s creative processes while continuing the development and exploration of their own artistic voice. In 2022, the OGD Intensive found its new home at Sweet Briar College where artists spend a week with the company. This July Krogol and Reeves completed their fifth year of directing the OGD Intensive.

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M.F.A. in Dance from the University of Maryland

B.F.A. in Dance from the University of Florida

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