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Founder / Company Director

Choreographer

Ballet, Modern, Tap, Praise

jennifer@IDOCdance.info

Jennifer Hobson-Benton is a dance professional with 20+ years of choreography, dance training and experience.
 
...as an original dancer in the off-broadway Gershwin, Miles Davis' Porgy and Bess under the direction of legendary Hope Clark. Jennifer has danced alongside some of the greatest dancers of modern dance: Sarita Allen, the Bellamy Brothers, Allen Gartrell, among others.  Jennifer has performed works by "Babba" Chuck Davis, Heywood "Woody" McGriff, Christopher Huggins, Mary Williford-Shade, David Parsons, Andre George, Darryl Sneed, John Meade, and other legends in modern dance.
 
Her accomplishments are numerous with her 27+ years of dance experience.  In Jennifer's 18+ years of teaching experience, Jennifer has had many students  attend Booker T. Washington HSPVA, dance professionally, and study dance in TCU, TWU, SMU, Julliard, and more.
 

 

Choreography

  •  Dallas Children's Theater's Off-Broadway touring production of 'Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters' Play (2008)
  • Choreographer of residence of at Lisbon Elementary and Contemporary Arts Society (1996-2003)
  • Master Teacher / Choreographer for the "For His Glory" and "The Mount" Dance" Conferences  

   

Education

  • *M.A. Education (emphasis: Dance)
    ,
  •  RU
  • *Div of Religious Dance,
  • (expected 2010)  
  • *B.A. Dance Studies,
  • TWU
  • *Texas Teacher Certification in
  • Dance (secondary), TWU
  • * Honors Dance Diploma, Booker T.  
  • Washington High
  • School for the Performing &
  • Visual Arts

 

Performances

  • Dallas Morning News
  • Dance Festival
  • JAADE Dance Theater
  • Nova Dancing Company
  • Kah Dance Project
  • Dallas Black Dance Theatre

 

Associations

National Professional Women Association (current);

Previous Board of Directors for the Dallas Dance Council - former Advisory Board member;

 

 

 

 

Awards

  • *2009 Region 10 'Shero' Award
  • *"Heywood "Woody" McGriff
  • Presidential Scholar in Dance
  • (Attended UT from 1997-1998)
  • *Dallas Black Dance Theater's
  •  "Keeping the Dream Alive" Award,
  • 1997
  • *NFAA Arts Recognition Winner in
  • Choreography and African Dance 1997
  • *Award of Excellence in Dunham
  • Technique

 

Previously Taught

  • *Dallas Black Dance Academy,
  • (1990- 1997)
  • *Contemporary Arts Society
  • *Lisbon Elementary
  • *Collin County Community College
  • *Royal Ballet and all that jazz
  • *Coppell House of Dance
  • *TWU's Community Dance
  • Center
  • *Move Studio
  • *JL Long Middle School
  • *Florence Middle School
  • *Edison Learning Center
  • *Sunset High School
  • *Hampton Preparatory
  • *The Colony Dance

 

Training

  • Steps Dance Studio
  • Diane Cole Johnson Dance
  • Studio
  • Dallas Black Dance Academy
  • Booker T. Washington HSPVA
  • Texas Woman's University
 
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