Bio
Jessica Mumford, a native of Kalamazoo, MI. She completed her BA in dance and psychology at Hope College and recently completed her MFA in Dance and Interdisciplinary Digital Media at Arizona State University. Upon completing her masters, Jessica was recognized as the outstanding graduate of the year for the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. Her work with movement and media includes dance for camera, audio/visual installations with movement sensing, electronic wearables, and dance/music performance with movement-based control of media. She is currently Faculty Adjunct at Arizona State University in both the School of Dance and the School of Arts, Media, and Engineering. Upon graduating, Jessica also began her own business as a freelance videographer and editor. Jessica is currently a company member in CONDER/dance. During her dance career, Jessica has had the opportunity to perform for artists such as Nora Chipaumire, John Mitchell, Todd Ingalls, Mary Fitzgerald, Karen Schupp, Ashleigh Leite, and Steven Iannacone. In efforts to bring her work to the greater Phoenix community, Jessica is also both a board member and executive director of public relations, for non-profit organization urbanSTEW.
ACTIVITIES EVENTS and
Future Activities and Events |
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October 2010 |
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| Oct. 8 | Perform with CONDER/dance at the Arizona Dance Festival |
| Oct. 9 | STEWshops: Jessica teaches a series on videography and video editing |
September 2010 |
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| Sep. | STEWshops: urbanSTEW workshops begin at Madcap Theater |
| Aug. 26 - Sep. 4: | CONDER/dance residency with Ashleigh Leite |