Jamie Jacobson
Assistant Professor
and Director of Dance
jjacobson@ucok.edu
| Bio Jamie has been the Director of Dance at the University of Central Oklahoma for the last 16 years. She holds a Masters Degree in Choreography and a B.S. Degree in Dance with Teacher Certification from Brigham Young University. She has taught all levels of dance technique and has been commissioned to create choreography for children’s programs, high school dance companies, university dance programs and musical theatre productions. As Artistic Director of the UCO Kaleidoscope Dancers Company, she has choreographed more than 25 works for the company, and her works have been selected for the American College Dance Festival, the Mid-America Dance Network Choreographer’s Showcase and Tulsa’s Local Motion Foundation. She has performed professionally for Sundance Theatre, Osmond Productions for ABC, and has performed works by Tandy Beal, Larry Clark, Lynda Davis, Maida Withers and Joan Woodbury. Ms. Jacobson is actively involved in arts education and has served on the board for the Oklahoma Alliance for Arts Education, the Edmond Arts and Humanities Council and the national board of the American College Dance Festival. Jacobson is also the recipient of the "Distinguished Creativity Award" by the UCO Chapter of the American Association of University Professors and she has been honored with the prestigious "Hauptman Fellow" Award for Outstanding Scholarly Activity by the UCO College of Graduate Studies and Research. |