Jen GaNun

TEACHING ARTIST

Jennifer’s experience with movement began as a young dancer in New Jersey where she studied traditional dance forms and technique through the Contemporary Dance and Theatre Company. She is a graduate of Springfield College where she got a degree in Rehabilitation and Disability Studies and Dance. After college, she joined Americorps NCCC, serving as a wildland firefighter, which brought her to Colorado. Fully immersed into Denver's dance community she performed with companies such as Avatar Movement, Highlands Dance Company, AFI, Parallax Performing Arts, Relevé Aerial and Cleo Parker Robinson Company 2. She served as the artistic director for Tigress Dance as well as a choreographer, company class leader and music supervisor. She has collaborated with INCITE, Kal Cahoone, Itchy-O and Land Lines. She has toured nationally as a dancer, choreographer, and musician.

As a teaching artist, her experience includes working with folks of all abilities and ages. She has taught in traditional dance school environments, recreation therapy dance classes, community programs and one on one classes for adults and children. She is passionate about changing perceptions surrounding inclusive dance and creating performance and movement opportunities for people who have not always had a supportive, inclusive environment to work in. She has created and led company classes as well as directed original shows for multiple companies including Phamaly and Magic Moments INC. She has also attended the physically integrated Intensive with AXIS Dance Company and studied with Marc Brew of the Marc Brew Company.

Jennifer is also a musician, family caregiver, community connector and dynamically disabled woman who is passionate about consulting on inclusive spaces, especially in the arts. She is proud to have been working with the Colorado Ballet for over 10 years in the Be Beautiful Be Yourself program.