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Updated 8/23/2017

Wendy Jehlen

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    MA

Institution/Business Type: Artist / Creative (Individual)

Jehlen’s approach to movement incorporates elements of a wide range of dance styles including Bharata Natyam, Odissi and Kuchipudi; Capoeira and West African dance. Jehlen's emotionally powerful choreography has been performed throughout the United States, Europe, India and in Japan. Works include Breathing Space (2003), a collaboration with Japanese choreographer Hikari Baba; Crane (2002), based on images from Japanese Buddhist poetry; Haaaa (2002), inspired by the experience of childbirth; and Becoming Fire (1998), exploring texts from the Sufi traditions of Iran and South Asia.
Jehlen’s newest work, He Who Burns is an exploration of the figure of Iblis, Satan, as understood in some Sufi traditions. Through this lens, the dance-theater piece explores the nature of humanity's relationship with the divine, the eternal quest for unity and the illusion of duality in the human experience.
"more than dance" – India Today
"works wonders on the stage" - The Telegraph, India

Find Me

Wendy Jehlen
Job Title: Choreographer/Dancer/Performer
Phone: 617 861 7930
Address:
67 Dane St.
Somerville, MA 02143

Additional Content:

  • He Who Burns

    He Who Burns is trio exploring the figure of Iblis, Satan, as understood in Sufi traditions. He Who Burns explores the nature of humanity's relationship with the divine, the eternal quest for unity and the illusion of duality in the human experience.

  • ANIKAI video gallery

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Dance - Modern / Contemporary

Additional Disciplines:

  • Theater - Storytelling

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts Instruction / Lessons
  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Curriculum Development
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Residency - Community
  • Residency - In School
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 20

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Elders
  • Families
  • General Public
  • Nonprofits
  • People with Disabilities
  • School Groups
  • Teens

Languages Available:

  • American Sign Language
  • Hindi

Geographic Reach:

  • International

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing

I Have Worked With

The Dance Complex

Performance Facility

Teaching Artist

Triveni School of Dance

Performing Group

Instructor

ArtBeat

Date: 7/2007Activity: Concert/performance/readingEmail:Phone:

Alliance Francaise de Madras, Chennai, India

Date: 2/2006Activity: Concert/performance/readingEmail:Phone:

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Awards

Awards:

  • Creative City Grantee/Alum Network

Awards

Awards:

  • Creative City Grantee/Alum Network

Education

Education:

  • Brown University, BA
  • Harvard Divinity School, MTS

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Ages Served:

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

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - English Language / Literacy
  • Arts Integration - Foreign Languages

Fee range:

$500 - $1,500

Teaching Artist

Ages Served:

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

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - English Language / Literacy
  • Arts Integration - Foreign Languages

Fee range:

$500 - $1,500

Touring Artist

Fee Range:

$500 - $5,000

State of Residence:

Massachusetts

Minimum Number of Performers:

1

Maximum Number of Performers:

1