Community Arts Partner

Participant Details

Community Arts Partner Name

Jenna Spinei

Partner Type

Individual

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Individual Bio or
Organizational Statement

Jenna Spinei is a performer, educator, choreographer and movement therapist, who has worked between Ireland, England and the United States for over ten years. She holds a Movement Science BS from the University of Michigan, a Dance Movement Psychotherapy MA from Goldsmiths, University of London and is currently training to become a certified Franklin Method ® Educator. Jenna’s dance therapy work with refugees is documented in research published in the “Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychology”. She held a two-year teaching artist fellowship with Youth Arts Alliance, facilitating dance and movement workshops in juvenile detention settings. She also held a teaching artist position for the University of Michigan Musical Society, facilitating workshops for DakhaBrakha, A Far Cry, and A Roomful of Teeth performances, in addition to a Ping Chong + Company Voices of Muslim Identity residency. Jenna was a dance instructor faculty member at Broadway Dance Ireland and Jackson School of the Arts and has taught numerous guest workshops in the US and abroad. In addition to her own works, Jenna has performed with The Dance Ensemble of Michigan, People Dancing, Movement Artists’ Guild, Cornrows Dance, AuxWerks Dance and Jillian Hopper Dances.