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Monday night choreographers from around the country gathered at the Apollo Theater in New York City to celebrate outstanding work in their field with the annual 

, and one of Minnesota's own got to take the stage.

, was singled out for her piece "The Thank-you Bar" which she performed at New York Live Arts. The piece was performed in 2010 in the Twin CIties.

Presented a Bessie for Outstanding Production, Johnson was cited as "gently and deftly coaxing an audience into a community, holding them spellbound with stories spoken and unspoken... seamlessly interweaving Blackfish's music with the magical transformations of paper into ice, and dry leaves into water ... [and] for reminding us that we all come from a place unknowable, yet known."

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Johnson was singled out for her piece "The Thank-you Bar."

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