Jennifer Jancuska

As a director, choreographer, and conceiver of new works, Jennifer Jancuska brings Broadway tenure to a creative process where dance informs narrative. She collaborates across artistic genres, languages, and locations, forging unexpected partnerships with artists often siloed from dance-making.

Jancuska is the Artistic Director of BringAbout Development, recipient of the 2026 Baryshnikov Arts Residency, the 2024–25 Japan–U.S. Creative Fellowship, the 2024 Jerome Robbins “Stories That Move” Residency, the 2024 CUNY Dance Initiative Fellowship, and was named to the 2024 Women to Watch on Broadway list by The Broadway Women’s Fund. Her work has been presented by The Old Globe, Berkeley Rep, Ars Nova, Little Island, Goodspeed, Madison Square Garden, The Drama League, The Skirball Center, Trinity Rep, and Universal Theatrical Group, among others.

Jancuska launched BringAbout with BC Beat, an acclaimed semi-annual event recognized by The New York Times as the place to “reimagine the possibilities for dance in musical theater.” For six years, BC Beat gathered established and emerging choreographers alongside Broadway dancers and composers, fostering new collaborations at the intersection of dance and music. Out of this foundation grew BringAbout Studio Residencies, where, as director and choreographer, she has collaborated with more than 40 award-winning writers, composers, and performing artists—including Benjamin Velez, Joel Perez, Pig Pen Theatre Company, Zoe Sarnak, Scott Wasserman, Taylor Iman Jones, and Hannah Cruz—pioneering new methods of integrating dance as a formative tool in the development of musicals and plays.

Jancuska honed her creative culture, leadership, and long-form developmental rigor over seven years as Resident Choreographer of Hamilton on Broadway. She is a graduate of Cornell University and member of SDC who has taught and created work in Japan, Brazil, France, China, the UK, and the USA.

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