Jennifer Essex

Height: 5'9"/1.75m
Hair: Red
Eyes: Grey-Green

Theatre & Stage Experience:

• 'Falling From Trees', Dancer.
  Ch.Adrienne Hart. Robin Howard Theatre, London
• 'Avoid Touching the Forest', Dancer. Dir/Ch.Nora Schott/Natasha Torres-Garner. Dresden, Germany
• 'Down the Rabbit Hole', Dancer/Performer. Ch.Darren Johnston. The Bargehouse, London
• 'Dideo & Aenas, Le Bourgeois Gentillehomme', Dancer/Actor.
  Armonico Consort Productions.
  Three Choirs Festival, U.K
• 'Transformations', DancerDir/Ch.Rachel Browne/Davida Monk/Natasha Torres-Garner. Winnipeg, Canada
• 'The Manitoba Project', Dancer. Dir/Ch.David Earle/Bill Coleman. Winnipeg, Canada
• 'Witch', Dancer/Actor. Out of Line Theatre. WCD Studio Theatre
• TRIP Dance Company, Dancer, Company Member. Ch.Karen Kuzak. Across Canada
• Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers, Dancer, Company Member.
  Dir/Ch.Tom Stroud/Brent Lott. Across North America

Film & Television Experience:

• 'Kanata'(TV Special), Dancer.
  Dir.Tom Jackson. Tomali Production
• 'Diving Girl'(Dance Film), Dancer. Dir/Ch.Karen Kuzak/Caelum Vatnsdul. TRIP Dance Company
• 'Civil Twilight'
  (The Weakerthans Music Mideo), Dancer. Dir/Ch.Caelum Vatnsdul/Simon Hughes
• 'Herding Instinct' (Dance Film), Dancer. Dir/Ch.Karen Kuzak/Danishka Esterhazy. TRIP Dance Company

Training:

• BA Hons in Dance. University of Winnipeg in affiliation with Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers
• Contemporary
  William Forsythe, Germany
  Parsons Dance Company, NY
  Toronto Dance Theatre, Canada
  Anoukvandijk, Holland
  Delfos Danza Contemporanea, Mexico
  Risa Steinberg, NY
  Roberto Olivan
• Theatre
  Prairie Theatre Exchange
• Acting
  Cat Clancy. City Academy, London
  N.A.C.L. NY
  Tom Stroud
  Crunchy Frog, London

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

• Accents & Dialects: Canadian (Native)
• Languages: *English & French *Mother Tongue
• Dance: Ballet, Jazz, Butoh, Contact Improvisation
• Music: Piano
• Other: Gymnastics and swimming training