[1] Swenson also works as a director for New York-based choreographer Heidi Latsky's On Display, a global movement installation that brings disability into public focus.
She initially studied classical ballet, and at age thirteen started attending the Jacob's Pillow School where she received her first exposure to modern dance.
Shortly after, she toured The People's Republic of China and South Korea with the Myung Sook Chun Dance Company.
[4] Swenson spent a brief period at the Dance Institute of Washington D.C. in 1996, staging the works of former Alvin Ailey principal dancer, the late Kelvin Rotardier.
[5][6] Later that year, she relocated to Los Angeles, and in 1997 enrolled in graduate school at California State University, Long Beach.
[13][14] In October 2016, she was commissioned by Vox Femina Los Angeles on the occasion of their 20th anniversary, to create Fire Within, which premiered June 10, 2017.
Swenson serves as the principal teacher and stager and International Project Coordinator for Simone Forti's Dance Constructions, acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in December 2015.