CONTEMPORARY DANCER, CHOREOGRAPHER & TEACHER

Born and raised in Naarm/Melbourne, now based in Lutruwita/Tasmania, Jenni works as an independent dancer, teacher and award-winning choreographer/director nationwide. The geographical spread of her experiences deeply informs her values, where facilitating safe spaces is the prerequisite for playful practice and the creation of rigorous work.

Driven by embodiment's personal, political and transformational forces, Jenni’s choreographic work is a cross-section of dancing, performance/endurance art, object and sculpture - centering materials, apparatus and costume to subvert relational narratives. Jenni is transfixed on unpacking socio-political themes that impact women. Fascinated by the dynamics of sex and power, her works utilise the tropes of popular-culture, horror and comedy, interested in tools like duration, tension and pay off to insight experiences of disturbance and delight....

Jenni is A 2010 graduate of WAAPA, receiving the Hawaiian Award for most outstanding graduate in her year. She participated in a 6 month international exchange at the Taipei National University of the Arts. 

Jenni was a formative ensemble member with Kyle Page and Amber Haines at Dancenorth (2015-2020). This profound tenure sparked Jenni’s passion for regional practice and community. At Dancenorth she performed extensively across remote, regional and metropolitan Australia as well as America, Mexico, Canada, Japan and Europe in a plethora of works including the multi award-winning ‘Attractor’ by Lucy Guerin & Gideon Obarzanek, ‘Dust’, ’Rainbow Vomit’, ‘Communal Table’ and ‘Spectra’ by Amber Haines & Kyle Page, ‘One Infinity’ by Gideon Obarzanek & Amber Haines and work by Ross McCormack, Stephanie Lake, Lee Serle, Alisdair Macindoe and Jo Lloyd.

Independently, Jenni regularly collaborates with Anna Whitaker (sound designer), Ashleigh Musk and GUTS Dance (NT) and has performed in work by Sue Peacock, Isabella Stone, Leigh Warren & Dances/SA Opera, was a founding member of The Dance Makers Collective (NSW) and recently performed in the epic durational site specific ‘THAW’ with Legs On the Wall in NZ, EU & UK.







Jenni has acted as rehearsal director for Dancenorth and Australasian Dance Collective and regularly teaches her own bespoke workshops as well as classes for professionals, companies and tertiary institutions across the country, including sharing her practice with Aha Ensemble, SPRUNG, The Farm/Bare Bones and Norpa.

Fundamental to Jenni’s practice is the principle that positive self-esteem is essential for creative flow and group harmony. Her teaching practice is inspired by trauma-informed approaches that prioritise agency, care, curiosity and collaboration. Jenni’s classes and workshops aim to increase ease, flow and strength by gradually building the complexity of movement that traverses in and out of the floor. Jenni uses contemporary dance as a framework to re-imagine and deepen multiple influences, including; Body Mind Centering, Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen, Yoga, Gymnastics, Pole Dancing, Feldenkrais and Contemporary Dance Techniques.

Jenni’s work and practice have been supported by organisations and funding bodies including Dancenorth, Tasdance, Lucy Guerin Inc, Metro Arts, Phluxus2 Dance Collective, Guts Dance, Judith Wright Centre, AsiaLink, Regional Arts Fund, Arts Tasmania, RANT Arts, Creative Australia and a Chloe Munro Fellowship.

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