Jenna Riegel, originally from Fairfield, Iowa, is a dance artist and educator. Jenna holds an M.F.A. in Dance Performance from the University of Iowa and a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Maharishi International University. During her eleven-year performing career in NYC, Jenna toured and performed nationally and internationally as a company member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, David Dorfman Dance, Alexandra Beller/ Dances and Bill Young/ Colleen Thomas & Company. She also danced with Daara Dance (choreographer Michel Kouakou), Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company, Shaneeka Harrell, Tania Isaac Dance and johannes weiland.
Jenna's choreographic work has been commissioned by Barnard College, the American Dance Festival, the Smith College Museum of Art, Colby College, the University of Iowa and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her choreography has been presented at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, New York Live Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Cleveland State University, Amherst College, Mt. Holyoke College, Hampshire College, Long Island University, RoofTop Dance in Bushwick, NY, the Upper Jay Arts Center in Upper Jay, NY and the School of Contemporary Dance and Thought in Northampton, MA. She has also received creative residencies at Creative Arts +Multidisciplinary Performance (CA+MP) in Upper Jay, NY and Subcircle in Biddeford, ME.
Jenna taught classes in contemporary technique in New York City at Gina Gibney Dance Center, New York Live Arts, Mark Morris Dance Center and 100 Grand Dance. She has been on faculty in the dance departments of Barnard College, The Juilliard School and Virginia Commonwealth University. In addition, she has taught master classes at The Joffrey Ballet School, Columbia College, NYU, The New School, Ohio State University, SUNY Purchase, Bard College, Connecticut College, Hollins University M.F.A. Program, Dartmouth College, Williams College, Skidmore College, University of Maryland, University of California-Berkeley, the New Look Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia and the Dance Isadora Festival in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. Jenna has also been faculty at the American Dance Festival and Bates Dance Festival and is currently an Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance at Amherst College. www.jennariegel.com
