FOR STUDIOS & DANCE PROGRAMS

Partner with Jana

Inspire, challenge, and elevate dancers through professional choreography, guest teaching, performance training, and educational experiences.

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Every studio has different goals.

Every Studio Is Unique.

Every Partnership Should Be Too.

Whether you are looking to bring in fresh artistic perspectives, expand your contemporary offerings, prepare dancers for collegiate and professional careers, or provide meaningful educational experiences, I would love to partner with your studio in a way that best serves your dancers and faculty.

Professional-level contemporary classes for intermediate through professional dancers.

Includes:

Contemporary
Contemporary Ballet
Theatrical Contemporary
Improvisation
Movement Research
Repertory
Creative Process

Guest Teaching

Perfect for:

✔ Intensives

✔ Conventions

✔ Special Events

✔ Company Weekends

✔ Summer Programs

Master Classes

Examples:

Solo
Small Group
Ensemble
Competition
Concert Dance
Pre-Professional
Professional

Every work is created collaboratively with the dancers while challenging artistry, musicality, athleticism, and individual voice.

Choreography

Performance Workshops & Classes

Topics:

Injury Prevention
Strength for Dancers
Mobility & Flexiblity
Warming Up
Increasing Extensions
Jump Training
Science of Pirouettes
Performance Longevity
Competition Conditioning
Cross Training

Dance Performance Training

Help dancers prepare for the next step in their journey through workshops and coaching focused on:

BFA Auditions
Professional Company Auditions
Video Auditions
Colliegate/intensive solos
Improvisation
Artistic Development
Performance Quality
Major, Minor, or Club
Written Applications
Resume and Reels
Career Q&A

Audition & Career Preparation

Workshops for teachers on:

✔ Contemporary improvisation
✔ Creative tools
✔ Injury prevention

✔ Healthy flexibility

✔ Warmup structuring
✔ Strength integration

✔ Verbal and nonverbal cuing

✔ Understanding difficult behavior
✔ How to give feedback & corrections

Faculty Development

Bring a professional creative experience directly to your studio through immersive residencies tailored to your dancers and goals. Whether focused on choreography, contemporary training, creative process, or performance development, residencies provide meaningful opportunities for artistic growth, collaboration, and mentorship.

Artist Residencies

At a Glance

Everything you need to know at a glance, from who I work with to class offerings, customization, and travel.

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Who I Work With

Competitive Studios
Pre-Professional Programs
Professional Companies
College & University Dance Programs
Adult Contemporary Programs
Intermediate–Professional Level Dancers

Class Styles

Contemporary
Contemporary Ballet
Theatrical Contemporary
Improvisation
Creative Process
Repertory
Performance Training
Choreographic Process

Every Experience is Customized

Every class, workshop, residency, and choreographic process is thoughtfully tailored to your dancers, faculty, and studio goals. Whether you're looking for technical refinement, artistic exploration, performance development, or injury prevention education, I will create an experience that fits your community.

Travel

Based in Denver, Colorado.

Travel frequently to Chicago, IL.

Available for guest teaching, choreography, and residencies throughout Colorado, Chicagoland and nationwide.

Why Work Together?

Professional Experience

Professional performing choreographic and personal training career combined with years of teaching dancers at every stage of development.

Science + Art

Great dance training blends anatomy and performance science with artistic exploration, helping dancers move with greater confidence and expression.

Individualized Approach

Every class, workshop, and residency is thoughtfully crafted to your dancers' ages, experience levels and goals, to create the most meaningful experience.

Flexible Partnership Options

One-time Guest Classes

Master Class Series

Multi-Day Residencies

Summer Intensives

Choreographic Commissions

Performance Training Workshops

Faculty Education

Ongoing Guest Relationships

Jana is an incredible educator who brought exceptional expertise to the students of Extensions Dance. She has a unique ability to inspire artistry and courage in dancers, even within a short period of time. Her extensive knowledge of neuroplasticity in dance, improvisation, and movement invention sets her apart, and she communicates these concepts to young artists in an engaging and accessible way.

Jana gives dancers the tools to discover new possibilities in their minds, bodies, and creative expression. Our students are always thrilled when they hear that Jana is coming to teach!

Lizzie Mackenzie, Artistic Director & Co-Founder of Extensions Dance (Chicago, IL)

New Trier High School's Dance Division was honored to welcome Jana Bennett as the 2025–26 Kinesis Dance Company Professional Guest Choreographer. Jana brought exceptional artistry, professionalism, and expertise to our program. Throughout her residency, she challenged our dancers to take creative risks, refine their technical skills, and experience the rigor and collaborative nature of a professional rehearsal process. The work she created for our company, "How to Be a Betty," was intellectually engaging, artistically sophisticated, and physically demanding.

Her ability to inspire, mentor, and cultivate meaningful artistic growth made a lasting impact on our students and program. We are grateful to have established an ongoing relationship with Jana and recommend her for choreography commissions and teaching residencies.

Katie Calandra Kritek, New Trier High School's Dance Coordinator and Kinesis Dance Company Co-Artistic Director (Winnetka, IL)