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Barretender is a podcast where we chat with dancers, choreographers & dance enthusiasts from around the world of every genre, age, and level. Whether they're a professional, a hobbyist, or hung up their dancing shoes a long time ago, every dancer has a story to tell. Host Liberty Cogen dives head first into the lives of these athletes, so pull up a stool, grab a drink, & enjoy Barretender.
Jennifer Weber: Director and Choreographer of The Hip Hop Nutcracker
The Barretender
34 minutes
8 years ago
Jennifer Weber: Director and Choreographer of The Hip Hop Nutcracker
“Outstanding Emerging Choreographer” New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie) nominee, Jennifer Weber is the artistic director of the award-winning, theatrical hip-hop dance company, Decadancetheatre. Based in Brooklyn, NY, the company has toured across the US, UK, Russia and France performing at venues including Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, The Apollo Theater, The Kennedy Center, London’s Southbank Center, The Everyman in Liverpool, New York City Center, Bumbershoot in Seattle andThe Stanislavsky Music Theatre in Moscow. She has also choreographed for American Express, Uber, Ulta, L’Oreal Matrix, Reebok, Philosophy, Marc Jacobs, CK2 and UK TV show, Blue Peter. Recently she choreographed the US Premier of Bryony Lavery’sStockholm at Stageworks/Hudson, Trouble, A New Rock Musical at NYMF and was a contributing choreographer to James Brown–Get On the Good Foot for The Apollo Theater/US Tour with director Otis Sallid. Currently, Weber is the creative director for the 2016 tour of Bring it! Live (Lifetime), and the choreographer for the 16/17 tour of Odd Squad (PBS). Weber and The Deca Crew were featured on Season 2 of TruTV’s theatrical competition series Fake Off.
Currently, Weber is the director and choreographer of The Hip Hop Nutcracker, which tours the US and Russia annually during the holiday season.
Weber holds a BA in Communications (Cum Laude) from the University of Pennsylvania and is a member of Lincoln Center Director’s Lab and SDC.
The Barretender
Barretender is a podcast where we chat with dancers, choreographers & dance enthusiasts from around the world of every genre, age, and level. Whether they're a professional, a hobbyist, or hung up their dancing shoes a long time ago, every dancer has a story to tell. Host Liberty Cogen dives head first into the lives of these athletes, so pull up a stool, grab a drink, & enjoy Barretender.
