jennifer nugent

Jennifer Nugent danced with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company from 2009-2014 and David Dorfman Dance from 1999-2007, receiving a New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie) for her work in the company. She has also performed with Martha Clarke, Lisa Race, Doug Elkins, Bill Young, Colleen Thomas, Kate Weare, Barbara Sloan, and Dale Andree. Jennifer's movement and teaching are inspired by all her teachers and mentors, most profoundly by Daniel Lepkoff, Wendall Beavers, Gerri Houlihan, David Dorfman, Bill T. Jones, Janet Wong, Wendy Woodson, and Patty Townsend. She has been working collaboratively with Paul Matteson for the past nineteen years. Their recent duet collaboration another piece apart premiered in 2018 at New York Live Arts (NYC) and was presented at Emory University (GA), The American Dance Festival (NC), and The Boston Dance Complex (MA). Jennifer received a Master of Fine Arts degree in 2019 from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. She is currently a teaching artist at Sarah Lawrence College, Gibney Dance NYC, and Movement Research NYC.