about
Movement has a remarkable vitality in my life. I am fascinated by things I am at the will of. I have always been trying to find ways to prolong the feeling that comes out of messing with gravity and negating time. My practice makes me feel like I can be in conversation with change. My body, a space that holds change the truest and most sensitively. We have each been given these vessels to hold and process all there is to sense in the world as we move through it. There is so much to take in. I feel very lucky to be overwhelmed by it all. This conversation between all of this motion inside of me and all of this motion outside of me asks to be patient, to be urgent, to let go, to hold on tighter, to be vulnerable, to give more weight, to trust in the most extreme places, to let things hang in the air, to come back to them in time, to be puzzled by them, to negate them, to pause with them, to thank them.
Background
Jenna Davis (she/her) is a freelance dancer and creator. She graduated from SMU Meadows School of the Arts with a BFA in Dance and a BA in Film & Media Arts. She has worked with Mike Esperanza, Molissa Fenley, Cameron McKinney, Matthew Neenan, Olga Rabetskaya, Thar be Dragons (Annamari Keskinen and Ryan Mason)(b12), FLOCK Works (Orsolina28), Ella Rothschild, Ethan Colangelo, and Tom Weinberger (NuovaX). She performed as a company artist with B.Moore Dance for multiple seasons beginning in 2022, continuing to do project-based work with the company. She has also worked with Bombshell Dance Project and OR Collective.
Jenna is also a movement photographer and filmmaker. She creates media for company performances and process, portraits, headshots, movement shots, portfolio developing, short films, and marketing content. Her work has been featured in programming at the Joyce Theatre for American Dance Platform, Edinburgh Fringe Fest, Dallas Contemporary, B.Moore Dance, Finding Compassion, Moving Forward WinterFest, SMU Meadows Dance, SMU Meadows Theatre, and Grackle Dance Collective.
(April 2026) The Death of Klinghoffer
Ella Rothschild and Luca Guadagnino
Teatro Maggio Musicale Firoentino
Ella Rothschild and Luca Guadagnino
Teatro Maggio Musicale Firoentino
(Jan 2026) this small room, lit up and afloat
OutLoud Dallas
(Oct 2025) Hazards
Artists Sans Frontieres
Latino Cultural Arts Center
(Aug 2025) but the door
Dallas Indie Dance Fest
Theatre Three
(Jun 2025) Living Landscape and Roots
Olga Rabetskaya and Uta Bekaia
TurnPark Arts Festival
West Stockbridge
(Jan 2025) The Parlor Room
B.Moore Dance
Wyly Theatre
OutLoud Dallas
(Oct 2025) Hazards
Artists Sans Frontieres
Latino Cultural Arts Center
(Aug 2025) but the door
Dallas Indie Dance Fest
Theatre Three
(Jun 2025) Living Landscape and Roots
Olga Rabetskaya and Uta Bekaia
TurnPark Arts Festival
West Stockbridge
(Jan 2025) The Parlor Room
B.Moore Dance
Wyly Theatre