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MA The Gallatin School, New York University

BA Barnard College, Columbia University

Jenny relocated to her home state of NH after 17 years of living in New York City, where she was a professional dancer and private tutor. She began tutoring in high school and has enjoyed helping kids of all ages cultivate skills to achieve their goals and engage with the learning process ever since. Her performance career has included being a principal dancer for Buglisi/Foreman Dance, performing with the Martha Graham Dance Company, touring the US with the Graham Ensemble, and creating dance educational and performance collaborations as co-founder, with her husband, of On Common Ground (www.danceocg.org). Prior to coming to Dublin, Ms. Foreman served on faculty at Barnard College and the Graham School from 1999-2010; and as guest faculty at SUNY Purchase, The Ailey School, the Usdan Center for Creative and Performing Arts, and the Neighborhood Playhouse; and developed and taught numerous outreach and arts-in-education masterclasses and workshops focusing on dance as communication. Her Master’s work centers around new pedagogical approaches to the classical modern dance technique of Martha Graham. She also works at Andy’s Summer Playhouse in Wilton, NH (where she spent her summers  growing up and learned the magic of theater, both onstage and off) as curator, mentor, and director of the John C. Russell Young Playwriting Lab. Ms. Foreman has always gained much insight and inspiration from working with young people, in both the academic and artistic realms and strives to help students to both find their own voice and explore new perspectives. She lives in Harrisville, NH with her husband and two sons, Ashton and Miles.

What book has made you think the most?: The Tao of Pooh

If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superpowers to be?: If I were a superhero, I would of course want to fly and have super physical prowess, but also I would like some practical magic, like being able to wash the dishes or clean the house in the blink of an eye. I think something like Spider-sense would be good too, to help face impending difficulties with grace.

If your life had a theme song, what would it be?: Don't Stop Believin' (Journey) or Joyful Girl (Ani DiFranco)

What teacher has had the most impact on you? How were they special?: MANY teachers... but one in particular, Steven Carver, my high school history teacher. He always urged us to look beyond the book, into the lives of people in all times and all places, and apply it to the here and now. A favorite quote he passed on sums up his approach to living, and a personal philosophy i have tried to impart as well:  

"The most visible creators I know are those artists whose medium is life itself - the ones who express the inexpressible – without brush, hammer, clay or guitar. They neither paint nor sculpt – their medium is being. Whatever their presence touches has increased life. They see and don’t have to draw. They are the Artists of being alive…"

How would your friends describe you in 3 words?: smart, loyal, fun

You are hosting a dinner party and must invite 3 famous people. Who would you choose and why?: Maxine Greene for her belief in the arts in the lives of individuals, Jon Stewart for insightful comedy in the face of today's world, and Paul Simon for his wonderful music and always clever lyrics - it would make for a soulful and inspiring evening!

If Hollywood made a movie about your life, whom would you like to see play the lead role as you?: Renée Zellweger?