Jennifer Dennehy

Born in Buffalo, NY Jennifer began her dance training at the age of 3. Trained in ballet, modern, tap, jazz, African, hip-hop, hoop and creative dance. She hold a BA in Psychology from Mercyhurst College. Trained in Creative Dance @ LUNA Dance’s Summer Institute in Berkeley, CA. For the past 13 years Jennifer has danced with the oldest professional dance company in Erie, PA, Dafmark Dance Theater. She teaches 15 weekly dance classes in Erie and is a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Rostered Teaching Artist. Jennifer was awarded the 2015 Bruce Morton Wright Artist of the Year Award and received an Artist Fellowship from Erie Arts & Culture in 2018. She is currently the Community Outreach Programs Director at Dafmark Dance Theater where she runs a year round after school arts and education program that serves over 100 youth annually who live in public housing. Jennifer is an internationally recognized hoop dance performer and teaching artist. She has performed and taught in across the US, Peru, India, The Netherlands, Canada, and Germany. Jennifer works with various schools to connect dance education with curricular goals of reading, writing, science, and/or math. She also works with various social service organizations and community centers to bring dance to under-resourced communities. She specializes in bringing dance to all people regardless of age, ability or socio-economic status. She develops customized programs to address the educational, physical, and social/emotional goals for schools, community centers and social service organizations.

She is proficient in a range of dance styles: ballet, modern, tap, jazz, African, hip-hop, hoop and creative dance.