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.

Jennifer is the recipient of the Japan-US Creative Fellowship, Jerome Robbins “Stories That Move” Residency, CUNY Dance Initiative Fellowship, and has been named to the “Women to Watch on Broadway” list by The Broadway Women’s Fund. Her work has been commissioned and presented by The Old Globe, Berkeley Rep, Ars Nova, Little Island, Madison Square Garden, Goodspeed, The Drama League, The Skirball Center, Trinity Rep, and Universal Theatrical Group, among others. 

Jennifer 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.

Alongside a career of creating new work, Jennifer spent seven years as Resident Choreographer and Dance Supervisor of Hamilton on Broadway. A graduate of Cornell University, she has studied, taught, and created new work in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, London, Rio, Paris, and Shanghai. She loves rock climbing, hiking, and surfing around the globe and at home in Brooklyn with her family.

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