Jackie Thelen

(920) 421-1304 jackielouise.thelen@gmail.com

Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Graduated December 2013, Bachelor of Science in Dance, 3.8 GPA
Courses: Writing the Moving Body, Laban Movement Analysis, Anatomy, Dance History, Solo and Group Composition, Sound Design, Dance Production, Music Fundamentals, Asian-American Movement, Contemporary Technique and Ballet Technique Instructors: Peggy Choy, Kate Corby, Andrea Harris, Claude Heintz, Joesph Koykkar, Karen McShane-Hellenbrand, Li Chiao-Ping, Marlene Skog, Chris Walker, Jin-Wen Yu

Lane Community College, Eugene, OR, Winter 2008-Spring 2011, studied dance and visual art
Courses: Authentic Movement, Body Mind Centering, Continuum Movement, Improvisation, Solo and Group Composition, Pilates, The Body as Knowledge, Dance History, Modern Technique and Ballet Technique Instructors: Florabelle Moses, Sarah Nemecek, Mary Seereiter, Bonnie Simoa, Margo Van Ummersen

Columbia College Chicago, Fall 2005-Spring 2006, studied musical theater

Courses: Acting, Musical Theater Dance, Intro to Music Theory, Scene Study, Voice Training for the Actor, Body Movement for the Actor, Tai Chi Chuan

Performance Experience
Piece
Vestiges (2013) Surge (2013) Magnetar & The Comrades (2012) Empty Orchestra (2012) Here and Now With Leo Villareal (2012) not enough of (2012) Inoculate (2012) Sojourn (2012) shadows of clouds rolling over mountains (2011) Next Slide Please (2011)

Choreographer
Christina Briggs-Winslow Li Chiao-Ping Arianna Dunmire Jin-Wen Yu Sally Gross Pamela Peitero Rebecca Kesting Kate Corby Sarah Nemecek Margo Van Ummersen

Location
Margaret HDoubler Theater Madison, WI Margaret HDoubler Theater Louise Kloepper Studio Madison, WI Margaret HDoubler Theater Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Margaret HDoubler Theater Margaret HDoubler Theater Margaret HDoubler Theater Ragozzino Performance Space Eugene,OR Ragozzino Performance Space

Choreographic Works
Untitled (live), group work, choreographed in collaboration with Arianna Dunmire, premiered April 2013 in the
Margaret HDoubler Theater, this piece was selected through adjudication to represent the UW-Madison at the 2014 American College Dance Festival North-Central Conference What Would Mr. Johnson Say?, group work, premiered December 2012 in the Louise Kloepper Stuido Grimm Grief, solo, premiered December 2011 in the Louise Kloepper Studio

Soul Factor, group work, choreographed in collaboration with Emma Song-Fisher and Serria Thomas, premiered
May 2011 in the Ragozzino Performance Space

Catch/Fall, solo, premiered May 2010 in the Ragozzino Performance Space Lethal Relief, solo, premiered May 2009 in the Ragozzino Performance Space

Festivals and Additional Training

Seattle Festival of Improvisation (SFDI), Summer 2013 at Velocity Dance Center
courses: Writing Workshop with Ann Cooper Albright, Intro to Contact Improvisation with Ami Legendre, The Body Process with Sara Shelton Mann, Crystalize + Disintegrate: Research From A Seeing And Being Body with Salt Horse, Alexander Technique with Shelly Senter, Movement and Living Systems with Jill Sigman Isthmus Dance Festival, Summer 2013 at UW-Madison course: Contemporary Technique with Christina Briggs Winslow Columbia College Chicago, Summer 2012, studied with Gallim Dance courses: Ballet Technique and Repertory with Gallim Dance company member Caroline Fermin 92nd St Y Dance Education Laboratory, Summer 2012 in New York City courses: Wonder Dance Teacher Training with Ann Biddle, Deborah Demast and Jenifer Katz, Language of Dance Foundations Part 1 with Tina Curran and Susan Gingrasso, Dance and Technology and Constructivist Play in the Classroom with Mila Parrish

Scholarship and Awards

Martha Peterson Research Fund Award, 2013 UW-Madison Dance Department Mary A. Buff Brennan Award, 2013 UW-Madison School of Education On Artistic Collaboration: Untitled (live), 2012 presentation of research at the UW-Madison Undergraduate
Symposium

Noel Hefty Award, 2012 UW-Madison School of Education Talent Grant, 2010 Lane Community College

Work Experience
UW-Madison Dance Department, 2012-2013 public relations student assistant
duties include: updating department website, managing the front of house for department productions, and editing programs and press releases

UW-Madison Dance Department, 2012-2013 stage manager

duties include: making lighting cues, operating a light and sound board and calling the cues for departmental concerts and other shows in the Margaret HDoubler Performance Space

UW-Madison Dance Department, 2012-2013 assistant to dance faculty

duties include: working alongside Kate Corby and Jin-Wen Yu on archiving various materials electronically