Brady Van Patten is a queer Chicago based performer, choreographer, and improviser. Currently he is an Iowa Arts Fellow and Master of Fine Art’s candidate at the University of Iowa with a choreographic emphasis. His research is richly inspired by queer spirt and queer bodies truths. Existing at the intersection of theatre and dance Van Patten as a creator seeks to continuously celebrate queer stories in ways that exist and challenge heteronormative political and social constraints.

This years's creative projects of Van Patten include co-creation and performance of an evening-length clown show through the Department of Theatre at the University of Iowa, performed at the American College Dance Festival's Gala Evening Performance, and featured performance at the Englert's Witching Hour Festival in Another Stage of Staging Ourselves.

In Chicago, Van Patten has co-created and performed original works for spaces including the Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival at the Ruth Page Center of Performing Arts, Heels over Head Festival at The iO Theater, and THAWALLS at Links Hall and Navy Pier. He has been invited as a guest performer of his original work with The Neo-Futurist Theater Company in The Infinite Wrench Pride Show. In addition to creating and performing his own work Van Patten has performed for Collaboraction Theatre Company in the PeaceBook Project under the director of Kacie Smith and Ben Wardell, Kelly Anderson Dance Theater, Carson Reiners, Jennifer Kayle at The Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival, Comedy Dance Chicago, and invited workshop guest for Lucky Plush Productions.