Jennine Willett

Teaches at Primary Stages ESPA

Jennine Willett is a Bessie Award-winning choreographer, director, performer, and Co-Artistic Director of Third Rail Projects with Tom Pearson and Zach Morris. Her work has taken shape in many forms including staged dance pieces, site-specific performances that reframe and transform public spaces, as well as immersive shows — where the edges between performer and audience are blurred and the narrative is experienced from inside of the story itself.
 
Drawing from subjects that are close to home, she looks for ways to transport audiences to another time and place and to connect through relatable life experiences, from the poignant to the pathetic, the wry to the downright silly.  Her most recent creations include the critically acclaimed immersive show Then She Fell, voted one of the top ten shows of 2012 by the New York Times, and Roadside Attraction, a travelling time-capsule created with a vintage 70s era pop-up camper and six performers. 
 
At the helm of Third Rail’s education program, Jennine teaches workshops that share the methods and skills that come into play when working without a fourth wall as well as choreography intensives that explore movement-based narratives.  Her courses attract artists of all mediums and she creates “think tank” environments that encourage experimentation and collaboration, both of which are an integral part of the work of Third Rail Projects.