Janessa Clark

Dancer, Director, Editor

Janessa Clark (American/Swedish) is a choreographer, dance filmmaker, and installation artist currently based in Brooklyn, NY. Her practice combines dance, video, and language to create socially-engaged art for stage, screen, and community-specific locales. She holds an MA in Performance Practices the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London and a BFA in Choreography from Arizona State University. Janessa’s work desires to challenge and rupture modes of choreography through co-authorship and experiential agency. Her project Communion, a screendance response to the Covid-19 crisis, is currently touring internationally. https://www.janessaclark.com/

Janessa Clark, Photo @ Baranova
Janessa Clark, Photo @ Baranova