Jennifer Nugent
Jennifer Nugent is a performer, educator, mother, and partner. She articulates internal experiences through performance and teaching; augmenting these practices by sharing and refining ideas in front of others—a transmission of spoken and gestural language.
Biography
Nugent's dancing is profoundly inspired by Daniel Lepkoff, Wendell Beavers, Bambi Anderson, Gerri Houlihan, Dale Andree, Patty Townsend, David Dorfman, Lisa Race, Janet Wong, Bill T. Jones, Barbara Sloan, Linda Rogers Albritton, Ann Cummings, Patricia Cummings, and Beatrice LaVerne. She has been performing in NYC since 1998 with many artists and companies including Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Company, David Dorfman Dance, Paul Matteson, and Martha Clarke. Nugent is currently dancing and touring in the works of Faye Driscoll and Sonya Tayeh.
Nugent teaches in NYC at Movement Research, Sarah Lawrence College (NY), and The New School (NYC), and is a visiting faculty member in the BFA Dance Lab at Bennington for Spring 2026.