JENNY MCALLISTER

Jenny McAllister has been dancing and choreographing in the Bay Area for more than fifteen years, and has been Co-Director of HMD since its inception in 1994. Her early dance training included Ron Guidi at Oakland Ballet, Cliff Keuter (an original company member of the Paul Taylor Dance Company), Fred Mathews at San Jose State University (SJSU), and Gary Masters, Artistic Associate of the Limón Company in New York. Jenny has studied release technique and partnering extensively in San Francisco with Joe Goode, Lizz Roman, Scott Wells, and Eric Kupers. Her performance credits include Lizz Roman and Dancers, Eric Essner Performance Co-op, Fellow Travelers Performance Group, Potrzebie, Keith Hennesey's Circus of Resistance, EmSpace Dance, Duncan Macfarland, Gary Masters, and Cliff Keuter. She has choreographed for San Jose Repertory Theatre and various local musical theatre groups, and teaches modern dance on a guest-artist basis at San Francisco Dance Center and ODC School. Jenny holds a BA in Humanities & Arts from SJSU.