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From 2017 - 2021 Jenna was a Visiting Lecturer at Salem State University and an Assistant Professor of Dance at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and an Adjunct for the Boston Ballet Trainees, Northern Essex Community College, and Dean College. She has also worked as a dance educator for Lincoln Center Education, The New York City Department of Education, Together in Dance, Chinese Children’s Musical Theater Shenzhen, and the Arusha Arts Initiative in East Africa. From 2013 - 2022 she was on the Staff and U.S. Board of Directors for Springboard Danse Montréal.
Jenna holds an Executive Certificate from University of Pennsylvania's School of Social Policy and Practice in Social Impact Strategy, an M.A. with Distinction in Choreography from the Institute of the Arts Barcelona/Liverpool John Moores University, a Certificate with Honors from Harvard Business School Online’s CORe program, and a B.F.A. in Dance Performance from The Juilliard School.
// CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
Freelance choreography, dramaturgy, teaching, and performance
/ Jenna is available for independent projects, company commissions, and master classes in Greater Chicago and the midwest
Photo: Olivia Moon/Half Asian Lens
\\ PAST APPOINTMENTS
Boston Conservatory at Berklee
\ Assistant Professor, Dance and Theater Departments
September 2020 -- May 2021
Salem State University
\ Visiting Lecturer
September 2017 -- May 2021
VLA DANCE
\ Company Class Faculty
January -- April 2021
Boston Ballet
\ Company Trainee Part-Time Faculty, Boston
\ Summer Intensive Full-Time Faculty, Newton
\ Year-round Faculty Substitute, Marblehead
October 2017 -- May 2020
Urbanity Dance Company
\ Company Class Faculty
Fall 2018 -- Spring 2020
Hubbard Street Professional Program
\ Guest Teacher and Choreographer
2018 -- 2020
Northern Essex Community College
\ Adjunct Professor
Spring 2018
Dean College
\ Adjunct Professor
Fall 2017
The Institute of the Arts Barcelona
\ Graduate Student, Visiting Professor
2016 -- 2017
Lincoln Center Education / NYC Department of Education (DOE)
\ Faculty at PS118, PS321, PS131, The Children's Storefront Harlem, DOE Summer Boot Camp
2011 -- 2015
Children's Musical Theater Summer Camp
\ Faculty and Choreographer
Shenzhen, China
Summer 2014
The Arusha Arts Initiative
\ Co-Director, Treasurer, Teaching Artist
Tanzania and Kenya, East Africa
2009 -- 2012