Project Dance Houston

Next, we have the fantastic Jeanna Vance!

Jeanna Vance received her dance training at the Grand Rapids Ballet and Houston Ballet Academy. For the first decade of her career, she performed with many Houston-based companies and was privileged to be a founding member of Ad Deum Dance Co. under the direction of Randall Flinn. As a young artist, Jeanna was also welcomed into the Interactive Theatre Company, where she fell in love with unruly audiences and the endless possibilities that come by opening up the audience/performer relationship. Her love of storytelling and a passion to share the Gospel through dance were fanned into flame during her 14 years of serving on the faculty for the Dance Revolution dance convention. With a deep desire to use dance as a tool to serve the “unseen” of society, in 2014 Jeanna founded Open Sky Arts Collective. Since its beginning, Open Sky has become a nationwide missional arts organization that fosters close-knit artist communities who use dance to create inroads for people from all walks of life to experience the unstoppable love of God. Jeanna lives in the Dallas area, directing Open Sky Dallas, dance-making, speaking, teaching, and dreaming of new ways to make dinner.

In Contemporary Technique class, you’ll deepen mobility, and engage technical lines, access length, and momentum. We’ll explore concepts in extension and suspension, catch and release, depth and width. Jeanna’s class has been most influenced by Limón and Counter Technique, with movement that requires breath, billow, and full surrender. Come find your flow and lean into risk. Geared toward advanced dancers.

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