Jess Karcz

About Me

- Dance and Choreography -

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She began her training at The Dream Center Dance Academy in Massapequa, N.Y. where she focused on all styles of dance, trained competitively and taught at The Joy School of Dance.

After graduating from high school, she went on to get her degree at SUNY Brockport where she graduated magna cum laude. During her four years of studying, she obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and a Bachelor of Science in Journalism with a concentration in multimedia journalism. She spent her time at college on the dance team and was elected the secretary and social media manager of the Student Dance Organization on campus. She was chosen to perform and showcase her own choreography at Cobblestone Performing Arts Center, the National Conference for Undergraduate Research and the American College Dance Association. Throughout the years of 2019-2022, she was awarded the Santo J. Giglio Award in Choreography, the Monserrat Fund for Dance, the Susan S. Collier First-Year Dance Scholarship, the Friends of Brockport Dance Scholarship and the Brockport Summer Dance Scholarship. Throughout her years at Brockport she has performed works by James Hansen, Adam Barruch, Jenise Anthony and has worked closely with Mariah Maloney and Stevie Oakes. She has worked as an Arts Administration Intern for the Brockport Summer Dance Workshop and has attended intensives led by the Petronio Company, Quilian Arnold and the Peridance BLUEPRINT Intensive.

She is a graduate of the Broadway Dance Center Professional Semester where she held a concentration in theater and contemporary. There, she performed works from Khori Petinaud, Matt Wiercinski and worked closely with Cornelius Carter. Some of her most recent work has been touring as a backup dancer alongside recording artist J-line. She is now located in New York City where she continues to learn and grow as an artist.