BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Jen Mesch Dance Conspiracy is a militia of dancers, choreographers and a variety of artists, scientists and citizens.
Born October 13, 1970
Jennifer Mesch is a contemporary dance choreographer and improvisor originally from Empire, Michigan. She began as a violinist and self-taught dancer until she began studying dance in 1988 under modern dancer Therese Povolo. She went on to receive a BA in Dance and a BS in Botany from Western Michigan University in 1997. She studied Hawkins technique with Wellspring/Cori Terry and Dancers in Kalamazoo and at the Merce Cunningham Dance Studio in New York City. While in New York, she spent many hours studying archival dance footage at the New York Public Library. Mesch has choreographed over 50 works for dance performances and experimental theater and she teaches dance composition, technique and theory in a variety of environments and is a freelance dance critic. She has danced with Dawn Cargiulo Berman (Momix), Penny Hutchinson (Mark Morris Dance Group), Jack Magai (Troy Chainsaw Ensemble), Linda Mannheim (Martha Graham Dance Company), Jennifer Monson (Birdbrain Dance) and Kimberly Young (extra-sensory pedestrians). Most of her recent performances are collaborations with music improvisors, including Newton Armstrong, Betsey Biggs, Seth Cluett, Kurt Gottschalk, Stephan Moore, Scott Smallwood and Nate Wooley.
She currently lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and works as a pediatric cardiac sonographer.
DANCE
EDUCATION:
- Princeton Ballet School under Mary Barton (Joffrey Ballet, American Repertory Ballet), Dr. Kim Chandler Vaccaro, Christina Lombardozzi-Phillips (Cirque du Soleil, Metropolitan Opera, Miami Ballet), Douglas Martin (Joffrey Ballet, American Repertory Ballet), Susan Tenney (Jean Erdman Dance Group, Susan Tenney and Company). Princeton, New Jersey
- Katie Duck Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Daria Faïn New York, New York
- Kalamazoo College Ballet Theater under Sher Marie Farrell. Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Merce Cunningham
Dance Studio New York, New York
- Joe Goode San Francisco, California
- Western Michigan University under Nina Nelson, Sharon Garber, and Wendy Cornish.
Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Wellspring/Cori Terry and
Dancers under Michael Miller and Vonette Sarche-Zupko. Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Dance Arts Academy under Melinda Baker, Betsy Carr, Stephanie Rand, Tina Curran, Elisa Brabenec and Thomas Morrell. Traverse City, Michigan
- Therese Povolo. Traverse City, Michigan
COLLABORATORS - PAST AND PRESENT:
Newton Armstrong (sound artist, composer) :
Jessica Bibbee (writer, martial artist) :
Betsey Biggs (sound and video artist) :
Richard Blanning (theater director) :
Saralinda Blanning (choreographer, dancer) :
Shelly Burgon (harp, electronics) :
Sarah Burkhalter (dancer, art historian) :
Seth Cluett (composer, sound artist) :
Clara Coleman (dancer) :
Joshua Emig (architect, installation artist) :
Madeleine Gallagher (video artist, installation artist) :
Jory Goldberg, MD (pulmonary specialist, intensivist) :
Luann Hill Goldberg (nurse practitioner) :
Kurt Gottschalk (guitarist, writer) :
Ruth Guechtal (composer) :
John Hamilton (writer) :
Anne Hege (composer, vocal artist) :
lmnopf (video artists) :
Daniel Juzwiak (sculptor) :
Jack Magai (choreographer, dancer, arborist) :
Erin Malley (choreographer, dancer) :
Stephan Moore (composer, sound artist) :
Jason Steven Murphy (skfl) (video artist) :
Phil Murphy (theater director) :
Todd Neal (theater director) :
Jeff Oishi (astronomer, installation artist) :
Troy Pohl (composer, musician) :
Tucker Rafferty (theater director) :
Tamara Skidmore (choreographer, dancer, writer) :
Scott Smallwood (sound artist, composer) :
Robert L Smith (theater director) :
Robert C Walker (theater director) :
Nate Wooley (trumpet) :
Kimberly Young (dancer, choreographer)
DANCERS - PAST AND PRESENT:
Kelsie Acton :
Jessica Bibbee :
Kristen Boccumini :
Sarah Burkhalter :
Dawn Cargiulo Berman :
Celine Cattöen-Gilbert:
Susan Coates :
Clara (Ebersole) Coleman :
Karen Cooper :
Malvina D'Alterio :
Camar Diaz Torres :
Gary Echternacht :
Rachel (Evans) Fabbi :
Julie Funk :
Elizabeth Gillespie :
Vivian He :
Ainsley Hillyard :
Cole Humeny :
Richard Lee :
Philip Kloc :
Jackie Lukas :
David Lublin : Jack Magai :
Erin Malley :
Jonathan Marcus :
Charles Marsh :
Mellie Max :
Fernando de Melo e Silva :
Leslie (Mesch) Trifilio :
Susan Mesch :
Valerie Miller :
Sven Miller :
Colleen Murphy :
Barbara Murray :
Jessie Pellerin :
Olivia Robinson :
Cori Schaumann :
Kelly (Schornak) Kravet :
Kate Stashko :
Eryn Tempest :
Ken Thiemann :
Naomi Ture :
Jodie Vandekerkhove :
Leah Walsh :
Amy Young :
Kimberly Young
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