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BIOGRAPHY

Jenai Cutcher

Jenai Cutcher is the Executive/Artistic Director of the Chicago Dance History Project. Her creative practice includes dancing, choreographing, teaching, and researching histories of dance to present in a variety of media. She has written articles for dance publications, dance books for children, and Columbus Moves: A Brief History of Contemporary Dance. Her documentary, Thinking On Their Feet: Women of the Tap Renaissance, explores the work of the women who resurrected and revolutionized the art of American jazz tap dance. Cutcher has a BA in English and MFA in Dance, both from The Ohio State University.