The Future of the Academy - Participants
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Jayne Persch
California (Dancer, Choreographer, Teacher and Licensed Therapist)
Jayne is the Director of HYPAXIS and BRIAH Contemporary Dance Co. As a dancer she has received some of the finest training and dance opportunities in the world including the Stuttgart Ballet, the American Ballet Theater (New York) and the Royal Ballet (London).
Amongst her many other accomplishments, Jayne founded the Ballet Program at the University of New Hampshire where she also taught Theater Jazz and Contemporary Dance. As an adjunct instructor at Antioch-New England, she taught Anatomy and Movement for the Dance Movement Therapy Graduate Program. Jayne has also taught Anatomy and Physiology for the Institute for Therapeutic Arts in their Massage Therapy Training and Certification Program
Jayne's work has taken her into collaboration with orchestras, symphony groups and professional theaters including her role as Assistant Director and Choreographer for more than 11 Broadway shows. As Artistic Director for the Springfield Ballet, Jayne received an award for outstanding achievement from the National Association for Science Teachers for the alternative-educational program she designed and implemented called "Let's Create Together - The Planets."
As a teacher and movement therapist, she works to prevent injuries and to increase body awareness so that dance and movement may be used as therapy together with music and colour, speech and drama. In her work in psychology she blends the new sciences into body-mind correlations and creativity. For dancers, she is a source of inspiration and rehabilitation after life in dance. With more than 25 years of professional experience in dancing, teaching, directing and choreography, as well as continued personal study in massage therapy, psychology and the new sciences, Jayne brings to her work a wealth of knowledge and expertise, together with compassion, passion and joy. She offers a real sense of accomplishment and nurtures an awareness of personal integrity that is rooted in her love of the arts and her human commitment.