Jaclyn Waguespack
(617) 627-2853
Aidekman Arts Complex
Research/Areas of Interest
Composition
Improvisation as performance
Interdisciplinary collaborations
Dance and anthropology
Ungrading and non-traditional forms of assessment
Teaching with technology
Performance coaching for dancers and actors
Dance theatre and musical theatre
Dance preservation
Applied Laban Movement Analysis theory
Screendance
Site-specific work
Education
- MFA, Dance Performance, Ohio State University, United States
- BA, Mathematics and Movement Studies, Saint Mary's College, United States
Biography
Jaclyn Waguespack holds an MFA in Dance Performance from The Ohio State University and a B.A. in Mathematics and Movement Studies from Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana. She has lived and danced in New York City, the Midwest and Ireland, and has enjoyed recent collaborations with Daniel McCusker, Alice Trexler, Dani Robbins, Meghan McLyman, Kristen Duffy Young, Annie Kloppenberg, Jeremy Nelson and Colleen Leonardi. In addition to teaching at Tufts, she makes her own work and teaches modern dance, jazz, hip hop, improvisation and composition to students in the Greater Boston area.