Jennifer Paquette

This is Jenn’s 8th year teaching at The Putnam Dance Center. Jenn studied dance at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration on Jazz Dance Performance. There she studied ballet, pointe, jazz, hip-hop, tap, lyrical, modern, African, and voice. She received the Dance Program’s Performance Scholarship Award for all four years and the University’s Academic Scholarship Award for three years. She has worked with world renowned teachers such as Joe Lanteri, Joe Tremain, Frank Hatchett, Mia Michaels and Gus Giordano in many classes and conventions. She is a former dance company member at the Charlotte Klein Dance Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, and a featured dancer in productions of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” “Guys and Dolls,” “Chicago,” and “Dames at Sea.” After returning from Brooklyn, NY, where she continued to study dance at the Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway, she continued her dance training at the Jeannette Neill Dance Studio in Boston, MA. Jenn’s choreography has earned her 1st and 2nd place High Overall Scores and Platinum Circle Honors. She has choreographed and modeled in professional photo shoots for Paul Mitchell Professional Hair Care Systems and is currently in the process of becoming one of their costume designers as well. Jenn choreographed the winning routines for Caitlyn Faucher, Teen Miss Dance of America’s 2nd runner up 2012, Tenn Miss Dance of New England 2011, Teen Miss Dance of New England’s most talented non finalist 2010, and Teen Miss Headliners 2011, 2010, and 2009.