JENNIFER PERRONE

Ms. Perrone began her dance training at the Miami Conservatory and Miami Ballet under the direction of Thomas Armour, formerly of Ballet Russe De Monte Carlo. She was a member of the first summer scholarship class of American Ballet Theatre II in New York, and a scholarship student at San Francisco Ballet School where she studied under Anatole Vilzak. Ms. Perrone studied with Benjamin Harkarvy and performed in works by Mark Morris at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. She performed at Chautauqua Dance Festival under the direction of Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux where she studied with Violette Verdi, Sandra Jennings, Patricia McBride and Andrei Kramarevsky. She performed in works by George Balanchine under the direction of Mr. Bonnefoux at Indiana University where she was a scholarship student and earned the Arts & Letters Career Award in Ballet. She was a scholarship dance student at The Juilliard School, performed with The Joffrey Ballet during an internship and then with The Metropolitan Opera Company in New York, including performances in Seville, Spain. She received a BFA in Dance, magna cum laude, from New World School of the Arts in Miami under Director, Daniel Lewis.

Ms. Perrone has taught at dance schools in Miami, Indiana University, and more recently in West Palm Beach. She is a guest teacher at A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Theatre Department and is excited to be sharing her knowledge and love of dance with the students at Performing Arts Academy of Jupiter.