About

Meet Susanne

Susanne Carter is a dance performance artist. She creates original one-woman shows with themes that touch the human core. She is known for her unique style which combines modern dance with gesture, comedy, text, props and music. The result is an eclectic experience brought into a seamless whole.

Her work has been supported by the Kittredge Fund, Gardner Foundation, the Wisconsin Arts Board, Wells Fargo and sponsors of ImproScaping. She is artistic director of Carter Productions which she established in 2004 with husband, Paul Carter.

As a modern dancer, she received her training in Denver, Colorado; Long Beach, California; New York City, New York; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She has a 25 year history as a performer, choreographer, teacher, and director. As a teaching artist she works with VSA arts of Wisconsin, Goodwill, Artist Working in Education, Easter Seals and Arts At Large.

She has her BA in Dance from Loretto Heights College in Denver, her teacher certification in Dance from UW-Milwaukee and a Master’s Degree in Administrative Leadership also from UWM.

In September, 2007, she became a Personal Trainer.  She was certified by the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America also known as AFAA.  She works as a Personal Trainer at the Exercise Studio, 10624 North Port Washington Road in Mequon, Wisconsin. 

She is the creator of Couch Potato Dance Class   and newly named SWEATnDANCE, which uses dance as a way to get in shape using Ms. Carter’s special blend of fitness activities. The class has been featured in MKE Magazine.
Original works:

• Welcome to My Mid-Life Crisis! 2002
• Searching for Frances, 2004
• Dancing Spirit, 2005
• ImproScaping, 2006.

Meet Paul Carter

Paul Carter is a jazz guitarist. His repertoire includes jazz standards appropriate for intimate settings. His reflective and introspective style captures the ear. He seeks out the inherent beauty within the structure of the music. As a technician, his smooth tonal quality gives presence and ambiance.

Paul Carter has been playing guitar for over 30 years. He studied jazz guitar at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with George Pritchett, Don Momblow and Jack Grassel. He played in the jazz/rock group Total Response and free-lanced as a rock guitarist. Paul has also done stints with Riley Sly, The Cartoons, The Hey Daddios, Big Car, and King Daddy. Currently Paul has been studying jazz guitar with Don Linke.