ABOUT
JENNIFER KAYLE is Associate Professor and Co-Director of the MFA Program at the University of Iowa, holding a BA from Middlebury College, and MFA from Smith College. Her choreography is deeply informed by improvisational research, and by collaborative process as a form of collective knowledge production. Kayle's dancing has been referred to as having "muscular presence" (Dance Source Houston), while her work has been reviewed as "provocative, tight, with wit and stage craft...serious chops" (Vox Fringe, MN), "distinct...affecting scenes" (Hampshire Gazette, MA), "memorable...shockingly poignant," (City Revealed). In recent years, Kayle's professional works have combined both personal and political lenses to engage choreography as "public art;" her body of work includes several evening-length performances that draw connections between personal experience and issues of public and communal concern. KAYLE + CO. serves as the primary vehicle for Jennifer's creative research.
Improvisation is at the root of Jennifer's artistic practice. She traces her dance improvisation heritage to Judith Dunn/Bill Dixon who developed a unique improvisology for dancers and musicians at Bennington College. Together with The Architects, she is founder of MICI: Movement Intensive in Compositional Improvisation, a professional laboratory dedicated to performance improvisation, and to expanding the range of compositional possibilities. Recent interdisciplinary research examines ensemble improvisation through the lens of "collective action." In collaboration with philosopher and Associate Professor, Dr. Ali Hasan, Kayle's work bridges theory and practice through scholarly presentation and studio curricula in "Ensemble Improvisation as Collective Action."
Jennifer is thrilled to offer classes in Awareness Through Movement to diverse populations since 2016, and to offer individual sessions in Functional Integration through her home studio.
Improvisation is at the root of Jennifer's artistic practice. She traces her dance improvisation heritage to Judith Dunn/Bill Dixon who developed a unique improvisology for dancers and musicians at Bennington College. Together with The Architects, she is founder of MICI: Movement Intensive in Compositional Improvisation, a professional laboratory dedicated to performance improvisation, and to expanding the range of compositional possibilities. Recent interdisciplinary research examines ensemble improvisation through the lens of "collective action." In collaboration with philosopher and Associate Professor, Dr. Ali Hasan, Kayle's work bridges theory and practice through scholarly presentation and studio curricula in "Ensemble Improvisation as Collective Action."
Jennifer is thrilled to offer classes in Awareness Through Movement to diverse populations since 2016, and to offer individual sessions in Functional Integration through her home studio.