Jennifer Hart

2024 solo choreographer

Commissioned for Yuki Tokuda

Hailed as a choreographer “with an imagination so exuberant that one could not be sure how one movement led to the next” and “not only inventive but heart-rending,” Jennifer Hart has been commissioned by Ballet Austin, Ballet Austin ll, Wonderbound, James Sewell Ballet, Minnesota Dance Theater, The Walker Art Center’s Momentum Series, The McKnight Fellowship for Dancers’ SOLO, Metropolitan Ballet Project, University of Kansas, University of Massachusetts, Lawrence Ballet Theatre, Halcyon Dance Project in San Francisco. She choreographed and directed Leonard Bernstein's Mass for Merick Strategies. In July, 2022, Hart was selected for National Choreographers Initiative.

In 2011, Hart was awarded a New York City Ballet Fellowship and won third place at the Saint-Sauveur International Choreography Competition. She received second place at Ballet Nouveau Colorado’s choreography competition, and was one of three winners of the University of Kansas’ competitive choreography competition. She was chosen three times to present work at Ballet Builders, New Choreographer’s on Point in NYC. She was commissioned by University of Massachusetts in the fall of 2013; the work was chosen for the National College Dance Festival at the Kennedy Center, June 2014.

In 2014, she formed Performa/Dance with Ballet Austin dancer Edward Carr. Performa/Dance launched its inaugural show, Ignite: Three Works, in June 2014. Her work for Performa/Dance was awarded four Austin Critic’s Table awards for Best Short Work, Best Choreographer, and Best Dance Concert. Along with her work in concert dance, she has choreographed and performed cabaret shorts for nightclubs and television.