Miss Jayne

Jaynellen studied ballet at the Boston School of Ballet, and she received a formal education in dance from Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana where she graduated high honors in dance, Cum Laude. Jaynellen danced professionally for over fifteen years. She danced with Indianapolis

Ballet Theatre, Saint Louis Ballet and Ballet Memphis. She also performed as a guest artist, dancing Nutcracker ballet after her retirement from full time dancing.

Jaynellen had a diverse background from her studies, and she danced principal roles in contemporary neoclassical and classical dance pieces. To name a few, she danced the lead role in Scheherazade staged by Oleg Briansky, Andante pas de Duex and the lead couple in MomentsPassing by Dennis Wayne, Refuge pas de Duex and the lead dancer in Italian Concerto by Diane Coburn Burning. The lead Paquita, Graduation Ball, Pas de Quatre, Swanhilda in Coppelia, Isis in the Goddess of the Nile, and Arabian, Snow Queen, Dew Drop and the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Nutcracker. Jaynellen has worked as a teacher at New Jersey Ballet School (NJB) for many years.