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Updated 8/9/2023

Laurel Jenkins

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    VT

Institution/Business Type: Artist / Creative (Individual)

Laurel Jenkins is a dancer, choreographer, educator, and mother. Her choreography emerges from a desire to reimagine our collective human experience. Jenkins’ work has been presented by Lincoln Center, Disney Hall, REDCAT, Automata, the Getty Center, Show Box LA, Danspace, Berlin’s Performing Presence Festival, Tokyo’s Sezane Gallery, and Paris’ Cité Internationale des Arts. She choreographed Bernstein’s MASS with the LA Phil and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra. In addition, she has choreographed for LA Contemporary Dance Company, The Wooden Floor, and many universities including CSLB, UNL, and UVM. Jenkins was a member of the Trisha Brown Dance Company from 2007-2012, and has danced in works by Vicky Shick and Sara Rudner. Jenkins performed in the opera Oedipus Rex/Symphony of Psalms by Peter Sellars and solos by Merce Cunningham in the Night of 100 Solos: A Centennial Event. Jenkins is the recipient of a Vermont Arts Council Grant, an Asian Cultural Council Grant, a French Institute Fellowship, holds a BA from Sarah Lawrence, and an MFA from UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance. She is an Assistant Professor of Dance at Middlebury College in Vermont.

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Laurel Jenkins (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Independent Choreographer, Assistant Professor of Dance at Middlebury College
Address:
Middlebury, VT 05753

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Additional Content:

  • Symphony of Psalms

    Directed by Peter Sellars, Laurel Jenkins as Ismene

  • B A S E ( a durational rule game )

    B A S E ( a durational rule game ) by Laurel Jenkins

  • Soma Path

    Choreographed and Performed by Chey Chankethya and Laurel Jenkins, Original Music by Miguel Frasconi, Produced by RedCat's NOW Festival 2016

  • wind hill

    Choreographed and performed by: Laurel Jenkins, Photographed and directed by: Taso Papadakis

  • The Wilds

    The Wilds, co-created by Laurel Jenkins, Jesse Fleming, & Lewis Pesacov, danced by Laurel Jenkins, Miguel A. Castillo, & devika v. wickremesinghe

  • Beacon Fire

    Choreographic Direction by Laurel Jenkins, Musical Composition by Matthew Evan Taylor, Video by Tori Lawrence

  • Leonard Bernstein’s MASS: an opera for musicians, singers, dancers

    [password: Jenkins] Choreographed by Laurel Jenkins

  • Post Pardon: The Opera

    Work-in-Progress Video - Libretto: Arisa White, Director: Ellen Sebastian Chang, Composer: Jessica Jones, Designer: Diane Smith, Choreographer: Laurel Jenkins

  • Night of 100 Solos: A Centennial Event

    Worldwide performance comprised of 100 solos choreographed by Merce Cunningham. Performed by Laurel Jenkins

  • Welter

    Created by Elena Demyanenko. Performed by Laurel Jenkins, Chloë Engel and Elena Demyanenko at HERE Art Center, NYC

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2007

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2007

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Dance - Modern / Contemporary

Additional Disciplines:

  • Multi-Disciplinary

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Arts Instruction / Lessons
  • Curriculum Development
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
  • Residency - Production / Development
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Community Arts
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 10

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Elders
  • General Public
  • LGBTQ Populations
  • Nonprofits
  • Teens

Geographic Reach:

  • Town / City
  • County
  • Multi-County Region
  • State
  • Multi-State Region
  • National
  • International

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility
  • Access accommodations for people who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing

Accessibility depends on the venue and type of performance or service.

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Middlebury College
  • Vermont Dance Alliance
  • Trisha Brown Dance Company Alumna
  • Skinner Releasing Network

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Middlebury College
  • Vermont Dance Alliance
  • Trisha Brown Dance Company Alumna
  • Skinner Releasing Network

Awards

Awards:

  • Pew Center for Arts and Heritage granted Lenny Seidman and collaborators, Laurel Jenkins and Joe Small, for the development of ARC, Philadelphia, PA, 2018
  • Asian Cultural Council Grant, 2016
  • Vermont Arts Council Grant, 2018

Education

Education:

  • M.F.A. World Arts and Cultures/Dance, University of Los Angeles, 2015
  • B.A. Dance Concentration, Sarah Lawrence College, 2001
  • Certified in the Skinner Releasing Technique

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Private Studio
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults
  • Seniors

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - Communications
  • Dance
  • Music
  • Theater

Certifications and Training:

  • Skinner Releasing Technique, Skinner Releasing Institute, Seattle, WA
  • Pilates Mat, PhysicalMind Institute, New York, NY

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Community Site / Center
  • Private Studio
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults
  • Seniors

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - Communications
  • Dance
  • Music
  • Theater

Certifications and Training:

  • Skinner Releasing Technique, Skinner Releasing Institute, Seattle, WA
  • Pilates Mat, PhysicalMind Institute, New York, NY

Touring Artist

NEST Eligible Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • Technical assistant
  • TBD depending on specific work

Fee Range:

$100 - $10,000 depending on project

State of Residence:

Vermont

Minimum Number of Performers:

1

Maximum Number of Performers:

30