Jennifer Archibald

Lecturer in Acting

Jennifer Archibald is the founder and Artistic Director of the Arch Dance Company and Program Director of ArchCore40 Dance Intensives. She is a graduate of The Alvin Ailey School and the Maggie Flanigan Acting Conservatory where she studied the Meisner Technique. Archibaldhas choreographed for the Atlanta Ballet, Ailey II, Grand Rapids Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Ballet Memphis, Kansas City Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, and worked commercially for Tommy Hilfiger, NIKE and MAC Cosmetics as well as chart-listed singers and actors. She was recently appointed as the first female Resident Choreographer in Cincinnati Ballet’s 40-year history. Next season new works will premiere for Amy Seiwert’s Imagery, Stockholm’s Balletakademien, Ballet West, Ballet Nashville, Richmond Ballet, BalletX and Sacramento Ballet. Director Michael Kahn chose Jennifer as the Movement Director for The Oresteia at Washington DC’s Shakespeare Theatre Company.