Jessica Gaynor

Jessica Gaynor is a choreographer, performer, teacher and Artistic Director of Jessica Gaynor Dance. Founded in 2003, the company, hailed for its “risk-laden” (DIY Dancer) choreography and “sophisticated approach to pure dance,” (The New Yorker), performs Jessica’s works that utilize kinetic physicality, intricate patterning, and formal structures in an exploration of the complexities of human experience.

She has created more than thirty works, including eight evening length pieces, for her company and for schools and universities. Her work has been performed at venues such as Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out, The Skirball Center/NYU, Danspace Project @ St. Mark’s Church, Ailey Citigroup Theater, The Kitchen, Peridance, Dance Theater Workshop, The 92nd Street Y, Dixon Place, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Center for Performance Research, Movement Research, Hudson Guild Theater, Triskelion Arts (USA), LAKE Studios, PAUL Studios, Kühlspot, Errant Sounds, Petersburg Art Space, Interior to Beings Festival, Berlin Dance Institute (Berlin) and many more.

Jessica’s repertory has been set on students at Brown University, Grand Canyon University, the Fieldston School, the Brearley School and Young Dancemakers Company. She has taught workshops at PAUL Studios Berlin, Peridance Capezio Center, Gibney Dance Center, was a guest choreographer for Amalgamate Dance Company’s Guest Artist Showcase, and directed the dance program at The Brearley School from 2007-2014. Jessica is also Artistic Director of Young Dancemakers Company, a tuition-free summer dance program open to NYC public high school students, with the goal of creating their own original work and performing in free concerts throughout NYC.