JENN
FREEMAN

A NOTE FROM JENN

  • My class focuses on studying and performing a contemporary movement based phrase.

  • It requires the artist to focus on themes of clarity, musicality, momentum, texture, and expression.

  • I suggest you plan to dance barefoot or in socks and wear any clothing that makes you feel at ease and comfortable in a movement based class.

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​JOINED TEAM: 2007
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Jenn Freeman (they/she) is an Autistic American choreographer, dance performer, and educator based in New York City. Freeman is a 2023 New England Foundation for the Arts Recipient, O’Donnell-Green Music and Dance foundation recipient,  and the New York State Council on the Arts grant award recipient. Most notably, Freeman co-created, co-choreographed and starred in the critically acclaimed evening-length dance theatre piece: Is It Thursday Yet? Produced in Association with La Jolla Playhouse. Later this year comes a world premiere for Complexions Contemporary Ballet at The Joyce Theater and Is It Thursday Yet? New York City Premiere at PAC NYC for the Inaugural Season. In 2022 Freeman was commissioned to set a solo for American Ballet Theatre principal dancer, Cassandra Trenary, that premiered at Festival des arts de Saint-Sauveur. In 2021 Freeman created new work for the Martha Graham Dance Company. In 2018 Freeman produced, directed and choreographed her evening-length world premiere debut: …it’s time… at the Theater at The 14th St Y in New York City. After a sold-out run the show was presented for a second run in 2019. Freeman's choreography has been commissioned by Marymount Manhattan College, Wayne State University,  BYU, and The University of Texas at Austin. For over a decade Jenn has worked as Sonya Tayeh’s associate and resident choreographer in the development of pieces for: The Gibney Company, American Ballet Theater, The Martha Graham Dance Company, Unveiling with Moses Sumney and dancers, Florence + the Machine, LA Ballet, The Juilliard School and Cirque du Soleil. Freeman is a graduate of the Dance program at TISCH School of the Arts, NYU. ​