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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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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
Choreographed and Performed by Chey Chankethya and Laurel Jenkins, Original Music by Miguel Frasconi, Produced by RedCat's NOW Festival 2016
Choreographed and performed by: Laurel Jenkins, Photographed and directed by: Taso Papadakis
The Wilds, co-created by Laurel Jenkins, Jesse Fleming, & Lewis Pesacov, danced by Laurel Jenkins, Miguel A. Castillo, & devika v. wickremesinghe
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
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
Created by Elena Demyanenko. Performed by Laurel Jenkins, Chloë Engel and Elena Demyanenko at HERE Art Center, NYC
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Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship
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2007
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Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship
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2007
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Dance - Modern / ContemporaryAdditional Disciplines:
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$100 - $10,000 depending on projectState of Residence:
VermontMinimum Number of Performers:
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