JENNIFER SALTER: "SCREENDANCE"

JENNIFER SALTER: SCREENDANCE

Jefferson St. Dance Studio

JAN. 20, 2024 FROM 10-11:30 AM 

In this class students will explore the history of dance on film and the relationship to technological advancements in society, including discussion over current dance films and works of historical importance.

Jennifer Salter is a Dance Professor at San Jacinto College. She earned her BFA and MFA in Dance
from Sam Houston State University where she studied and performed with Kista Tucker Dance
Company, Dancepatheatre and Aimed Dance.

She has presented her work in Houston under commission through The Pilot Dance Project and collaborated with Pilot as a performer.

Her artistic endeavors have led her into creating dance films, photography and graphic design. Her choreography
has been recognized and presented at local and regional festivals. Several of Salter's dance films have been
presented at national film festivals and art exhibits around Houston. She was featured in the
"Inspiring Stories" series in Voyage Houston Magazine. Most recently, she was honored to be a grant
panelist for Houston Arts Alliance and partner with Frame Dance Company to develop curriculum and
instructional videos in screen dance for HISD's middle school dance programs.