She/Her
Assistant
A Florida native, Emily is a multi-talented dancer who earned her BFA from Jacksonville University with a minor in Kinesiology. Her early dance training focused on the ballet aesthetic, but quickly expanded through to modern techniques and commercial styles during her collegiate experience. Emily is deeply inspired by the inner workings of the world, the tendencies of the human condition and raw human emotions, which have become pillars in her approach to dance. Emily has danced professionally as a company member alongside notable dance companies such as Cleo Parker Robinson Dance (with Cleo II), Hannah Kahn Dance, and Wonderbound. Currently, Emily is a company member of Jacksonville Dance Theatre (JDT), teaches at studios in the Jacksonville area, and pursues her own choreographic interests where she aims to make art that is a reflection of the world we live in by using dance as a tool to connect, to heal, and to celebrate.
Instructor
Tess began dancing professionally with Jacksonville Dance Theatre in 2016 and serves as their Social Media Manager. She is honored to represent a company of talented women and to bring the art of modern dance to the Jacksonville Community. She is a dance instructor in the musical theatre department at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts. Tess is also the Production Manager of Three Hearts Dance, a contemporary dance company that works to create storytelling experiences through dance film and live performances.
Instructor & Florida Crew Leader
Winter Bosanko is a dance artist, somatic practitioner and a full-time professor of dance at Florida State College of Jacksonville. She now serves as the company manager for Jacksonville Dance Theatre after performing with them for 7 seasons. Winter holds a Master of Fine Arts in Dance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Jacksonville University.
