Jessica Coxe


Post-Secondary Education

Ohio State University Columbus
Master of Fine Arts
Dance

Southern Methodist University
Bachelor of Arts
Dance Performance


Teaching Experience

 

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

Academic:

          2007 - current                          Austin Community College, Austin, TX - Adjunct Faculty

                                                            Principles and Practicum of Choreography - January to May 2007

                                                            Principles and Practicum of Choreography - January to May 2008

                                                            Modern Dance Technique II – July to August 2008

                                                            Modern Dance Technique II – August to December 2008

                                                            Ballet Technique I - July to August 2009

                                                            History and Appreciation of Dance – August to December 2009

                                                            Ballet Technique I - August to December 2009

                                                            History and Appreciation of Dance – January to May 2010

                                                            Ballet Technique I - January to May 2010

                                                            Modern Dance Technique II – July to August 2010

                                                            History and Appreciation of Dance – August to December 2010

                                                            History and Appreciation of Dance – January to May 2011

                                                            History and Appreciation of Dance – August to December 2011

                                                            History and Appreciation of Dance – January to May 2012

                                                            Ballet Technique I - January to May 2012

                                                            History and Appreciation of Dance – August to December 2012

                                                            History and Appreciation of Dance – January to May 2013

                                                            History and Appreciation of Dance – August to December 2013

                                                            History and Appreciation of Dance – January to May 2014

                                                            History and Appreciation of Dance – August to December 2014

                                                            History and Appreciation of Dance – January to May 2015

                                                            History and Appreciation of Dance – May to July 2015

                                                            History and Appreciation of Dance – August to December 2015

                                                            History and Appreciation of Dance – January to May 2016

                                                            History and Appreciation of Dance – May to July 2016

                                                            Dance Appreciation – August to December 2016

                                                            Dance Appreciation – January to May 2017

                                                            Dance Appreciation – May to July 2017

                                                            Dance Appreciation – August to December 2017

                                                            Dance Appreciation – January to May 2018

                                                            Dance Appreciation – May to July 2018

                                                            Dance Appreciation – August to December 2018

                                                            World Dance – August to December 2018 (Original course created by Jessica Lindberg Coxe)

                                                            Dance Appreciation – January to May 2019

                                                            World Dance – January to May 2019

                                                            Dance Appreciation – August to December 2019

                                                            World Dance – August to December 2019

                                                            World Dance – January to May 2020

                                                            Dance Appreciation – August to December 2020

                                                            World Dance – August to December 2020

                                                            Dance Appreciation – January to May 2021

                                                            World Dance – January to May 2021

                                                            Dance Appreciation – August to December 2021

                                                            World Dance – August to December 2021

                                                            Dance Appreciation – January to May 2022

                                                            World Dance – January to May 2022

                                                            World Dance – October to December 2022

                                                            Dance Appreciation – January to May 2023

                                                            World Dance – January to May 2023

                                                            Dance Appreciation – July to August 2023 (2nd Summer session)

                                                            *with guest lectures in Ballet Technique II, Modern Technique I and II, and Dance Improvisation I and II.

         

          2014 - 2016                              Visiting Guest Artist, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

                                                            Staging and Directing La Mer

 

          2014 / 2016                              Visiting Guest Artist, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

                                                            September 2014: Setting Fire Dance, Guest lectures in Senior Seminar and Dance History.  November 2016: Setting Lily of the Nile, Guest lectures in Senior Seminar and Dance History

 

          2010 / 2011                              Visiting Guest Artist, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

                                                            December 2010: Choreography II – Lecture and performance feedback

                                                            April 2011: Choreography II – Lecture and performance feedback

 

          2010 – 2011                             Dance and Physical Education Instructor, Hernandez Middle School, Round Rock, TX (Full-time)            

 

          2008                                          Visiting Guest Artist, the University of Washington, Seattle, WA

                                                            June 2008: Setting Night, Fire Dance, and Lily of the Nile

 

          2005 / 2006 / 2008 / 2011       Visiting Guest Artist, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

                                                            September 2005: Setting Fire Dance, Guest lectures in Senior Seminar and Dance History.  February 2006: Cleaning Fire Dance for Performance, additional lectures. September 2008: Setting Lily of the Nile, Guest lectures in Senior Seminar and Dance History. June 2011: Reconstructing and setting La Mer for performance in February of 2012.

 

          2003 – 2005                             Dance Faculty, Booker T. Washington High School for the Visual and Performing Arts, Dallas, TX (Full-time; Ballet Technique, Modern Dance Technique, Dance Composition, Dance Production and Costume Construction)

 

          2000 – 2003                             Teaching Associate, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

                                                            (Full-time Graduate Associate Appointment; instructor for Ballet Technique 1 & 2, Dance and Theater History 1945 to the Present, Labanotation, and Motif Notation)

 

          1998 – 2000                             Guest Faculty, St. John’s College, Brooklyn, New York (Dance History, Motif, Modern Technique)

 

Professional:

          2012 – current                          Dance Faculty for Greater Austin Dance Academy, teaching Ballet Levels: 1 – 5, A – D, Pre-Pointe, Ballet Basics, Ballet Intermediate

 

          2007 – 2010                             Movement Instructor for the James Bowie High School Color Guard

                                                            Austin Independent School District, Austin, TX

 

          2006 – 2018                             Dance Faculty for the Round Rock Independent School District, Round Rock, TX (Substitute for long and short term appointments at both the middle and high school level)

 

          1998 – 2000                             Dance Faculty, CHILDANCE, New York City, New York

 

          1994 – 1998                             Movement Specialist, The McLean Performing Arts Ensemble,

                                                            McLean, Virginia

 

Directorships:

          1999 – 2000                             School Manager, CHILDANCE, New York City, New York

 

          1998 – 2000                             Assistant Manager and Public Relations Coordinator, The Oona Haaranen Dance Company , New York City, New York


Professional Publications

 

Professional Performances: (Selected)

          2015 – current           Dancestry, a concert of historical and historically inspired dance works by Loïe Fuller (Jessica Lindberg Coxe and Megan Slayter), Isadora Duncan (Meg Brooker), and Erick Hawkins (Shay Ishii and Katherine Duke)

                                             May 2015 – Rollins Theater at the Long Center, Austin, TX

                                             September 2015 – Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

                                             January 2016 – Rollins Theater at the Long Center, Austin, TX

                                             June 2018 – Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX

                                             October 2018 - Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

                                             June 2019 – Rollins Theater at the Long Center, Austin, TX

 

          2011                           La Mer (1925/2011) Choreography: Loïe Fuller

                                             Reconstruction: Jessica Lindberg Coxe

                                             Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

 

          2007                           Lily of the Nile (1896/2007) Choreography: Loïe Fuller

                                             Reconstruction: Jessica Lindberg Coxe

                                             MOMENTA Dance Company Fuller; In the Light Fantastic, Oak Park, Illinois

                                             Salon Performance, Maryhill Museum, Goldendale, WA (June 2008)

                                             Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company (June 2009)

 

          2004                           Night Dance (1896/2004) Choreography: Loïe Fuller

                                             Reconstruction: Jessica Lindberg Coxe

                                             MOMENTA Dance Company Fall Concert, Oak Park, Illinois

 

          2003                           Fire Dance (1896/2003) Choreography: Loïe Fuller

                                             Reconstruction: Jessica Lindberg Coxe

                                             Ohio State University Graduate Concert, Columbus, Ohio (Feb.)

                                             Ohio State Faculty Awards, Columbus, Ohio (April)

                                             Wexner Center Gala, Columbus, Ohio (Nov.)

                                             10 Minutes Max, Dance Umbrella, Austin, Texas (Aug. 2006)

 

          2001                           New Dance – Variations and Conclusions (1936)

                                             Choreography: Doris Humphrey

International Council of Kinetography Laban, Columbus, Ohio

 

          2001                           Robert le Diable (1831) Choreography: Filippo Taglioni

                                             Music: Giacomo Meyerbeer

International Council of Kinetography Laban, Columbus, Ohio

 

          2001                           “Chair Pillow” from Continuous Project Altered Daily (1969)

                                             Choreography: Yvonne Rainer,

                                             Music: Ike and Tina Turner’s “Mountain High, River Deep”

International Council of Kinetography Laban, Columbus, Ohio

 

          2001                           Crossing the Black Waters (1978) Choreography: Lin Hwai-min,

                                             OSU Dance 2001, Columbus, Ohio

         

          1998 – 2000              The Oona Haaranen Dance Company, New York City, New York

 

          1998                           How Long Brethren? (1937) Choreography: Helen Tamiris                                                                                 Restaged by Dianne McIntyre

Southern Methodist University Spring Dance Concert, Dallas, Texas

 

          1996                           Shakers (1931) Choreography: Doris Humphrey

                                             Restaged by Odette Blum

Southern Methodist University Spring Dance Concert, Dallas, Texas

 

Dance Reconstructions:

2012 La Mer                       Original Choreography: Loïe Fuller 1925

                                                            Music: Claude Debussy “La Mer: Jeux de vagues”

                                                            Concert: Great Works Dance Concert, Western Michigan University                                                                                                      Department of Dance, February 2012

2016      - -                                         Concert: Dancestry Rollins Theater at the Long Center, Austin, TX

                                                                           January

2015      - -                                         Concert: Dancestry Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

                                                                           September

2015      - -                                         Concert: Dancestry Rollins Theater at the Long Center, Austin, TX

                                                                           May

2012      - -                                         Dedication Performance: Maryhill Museum, Goldendale, WA

                                                                           May 13

                                                           

2007 Lily of the Nile          Original Choreography: Loïe Fuller 1896

                                                            Music: Camille Saint-Saëns “Prélude du Déluge”

2019      - -                                         Concert: Dancestry Rollins Theater at the Long

                                                                           Center, Austin, TX June

2018      - -                                         Concert: Dancestry Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX

                                                                           June

2016      - -                                         Concert: Dancestry [Lily Reimagined] Rollins Theater at the Long

                                                                           Center, Austin, TX January

2015      - -                                         Concert: Chamber Dance Company, University of Washington Dance                                                                                              Program, Meany Theatre, October

2015      - -                                         Concert: Dancestry Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

                                                                           September

2015      - -                                         Concert: Dancestry Rollins Theater at the Long Center, Austin, TX

                                                                           May

2009      - -                                         Concert: MOMENTA Dance Company

                                                                           Doris Humphrey Memorial Theatre, March 8th & 15th

2009      - -                                         Concert: Great Works Dance Concert, Western Michigan University                                                                                                      Department of Dance, January 29 - 31

2008      - -                                         Concert: Chamber Dance Company, University of Washington Dance                                                                                              Program, Meany Theatre, October 9 – 12

2008      - -                                         Salon Performance: Maryhill Museum, Goldendale, WA

                                                                           June 20

2007      - -                                         Concert: 25th Anniversary Celebration, MOMENTA Dance Company

                                                                           Doris Humphrey Memorial Theatre, November 3 - 11

2007      - -                                         Concert: Fuller; In the Light Fantastic, MOMENTA Dance Company

                                                                           Doris Humphrey Memorial Theatre, August 24 – 25

 

2004 Night Dance              Original Choreography: Loïe Fuller 1896

                                                            Music: Modest Mussorgsky “Night on Bald Mountain”

2016      - -                                         Concert: Dancestry Rollins Theater at the Long Center, Austin, TX

                                                                           January

2015      - -                                         Concert: Dancestry Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

                                                                           September

2015      - -                                         Concert: Dancestry Rollins Theater at the Long Center, Austin, TX

                                                                           May

2009      - -                                         Concert: MOMENTA Dance Company

                                                                           Doris Humphrey Memorial Theatre, March 14th & 15th

2008      - -                                         Concert: Chamber Dance Company, University of Washington Dance                                                                                              Program, Meany Theatre, October 9 - 12

2007      - -                                         Concert: Fuller; In the Light Fantastic, MOMENTA Dance Company

                                                                           Doris Humphrey Memorial Theatre, August 24 – 25

2004      - -                                         Concert: Choreographic Offerings, MOMENTA Dance Company

                                                                           Doris Humphrey Memorial Theatre, November 6 – 14

 

2003 Fire Dance                Original Choreography: Loïe Fuller 1896

                                                            Music: Richard Wagner “Ride of the Walkyries”

2018      - -                                         Concert: Dancestry Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

                                                                           October

2016      - -                                         Concert: Dancestry Rollins Theater at the Long Center, Austin, TX

                                                                           January

2015      - -                                         Concert: Dancestry Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

                                                                           September

2015      - -                                         Concert: Dancestry Rollins Theater at the Long Center, Austin, TX

                                                                           May

2009      - -                                         Concert: MOMENTA Dance Company

                                                                           Doris Humphrey Memorial Theatre, March 7th & 15th

2008      - -                                         Concert: Chamber Dance Company, University of Washington Dance                                                                                              Program, Meany Theatre, October 9 – 12

2007      - -                                         Concert: Fuller; In the Light Fantastic, MOMENTA Dance Company

                                                                           Doris Humphrey Memorial Theatre, August 24 – 25

2006      - -                                         Concert: 10 Minutes Max, Dance Umbrella, Carver Theater, August

2006      - -                                         Concert: Great Works Dance Concert, Western Michigan University                                                                                                      Department of Dance, January

2005      - -                                         Salon Performance: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Ill

2004      - -                                         Concert: Choreographic Offerings, MOMENTA Dance Company

                                                                           Doris Humphrey Memorial Theatre, March

2003      - -                                         Wexner Center Gala

                                                                           Airline Hanger Columbus International Airport, November 8

2003      - -                                          Concert: 2003 Faculty Awards Ceremony,

                                                                           Mershon Auditorium, April 21

2003      - -                                         Concert: Graduate Concert “Quatrain”,

                                                                           Sullivant Theatre, February 20 – 22

 

Reconstructions from Score:

2003 I Am the Gate            Choreography: Helen McGehee

Music: Paul Hindemith “Sonata for Trumpet and Piano”

Concert: Graduate Concert, April 10 - 12

2002      - -                                         Concert: The Ohio State University Dance Informance, June 6

 

2002 Going                         Choreography: Marion Scott

                                                            Music: Henry Cowell “Ostinato Pianissimo”

Concert: The Ohio State University Dance Informance, June 6

 

PROFESSIONAL LECTURES / PRESENTATIONS

 

2012      “The Light and Life of Loïe Fuller” given at Maryhill Museum, Goldendale, Washington as part of the dedication weekend for the Mary and Bruce Stevenson Wing.  The presentation included the lecture and an outdoor performance of La Mer by the dancers of the Columbia Gorge Dance Academy.

 

2008      “Reconstructing Loïe Fuller; her life and works” given at Maryhill Museum, Goldendale,                                              Washington as part of the exhibit: “Celebrating Loïe Fuller.”  The presentation included the                                 lecture and an outdoor salon performance of Lily of the Nile.

 

2006      “Loïe Fuller and Fire Dance” a demonstration and class given as part of The American College                                Dance Festival at the University of Texas in Austin.

 

2005     “Who was Loïe Fuller?” given at The Art Institute of Chicago, Ill., as part of the exhibit:                                 “Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre” produced by the National Gallery of Art, Washington and the                          Art Institute of Chicago. The presentation included a presentation of my DVD Loïe Fuller’s Fire                                      Dance and a live performance of Fire Dance given by MOMENTA Dance Company.

 

2004     “Reconstructing Loïe Fuller’s ‘Fire Dance’” at the International Council of Kinetography Laban, Conference on Research in Dance and the World Dance Alliance, Taipei, Taiwan, August 2004.

 

  1. Tina Curran, Jimmely Listenbee, and Jessica Lindberg: “What do We All Have in Common?”

        Motif Symposium, Columbus, Ohio, August 2 – 4, 2001

 

PUBLISHED WORKS

2010 Loïe Fuller: Dancing in the Light Fantastic.  A DVD documentary of the life Loïe Fuller produced              by MOMENTA, Oak Park, Ill.  Contributed research content, reconstructed works and dance             performances.

2010 Various articles in the Dance Notation Bureau Newsletter (DNB News), New York, NY

2009 Various articles in the Dance Notation Bureau Newsletter (DNB News), New York, NY

2008 Various articles in the Dance Notation Bureau Newsletter (DNB News), New York, NY

2007 Various articles in the Dance Notation Bureau Newsletter (DNB News), New York, NY

2007 Grieg Concerto Labanotation Score, housed with the Doris Humphrey Historical Society, Oak Park, Illinois. 

2006 I Am the Gate Labanotation Score, housed with the Dance Notation Bureau, New York, NY

           Updated from the original notation score created in 1973 by Muriel Topaz.

2003 Loïe Fuller’s Fire Dance Digital Video Disk (DVD) produced by John Mueller and the Dance Film                          Archive.  Editing and camera by Shawn Hove; Lighting design by Megan Slayter.

2003 Fire Dance Labanotation Score, housed with the Dance Notation Bureau, New York, NY

2003 Volume 3, 2003 Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum Proceedings, “Reconstructing Loïe Fuller’s Fire Dance.”

2001 Autumn issue, The Ohio State Dance Alumni News Letter, Article on Dance Reconstruction and the ICKL Conference; “Notation Fills the Halls of Sullivant, Again”

1999 Summer issue– LODA – News, Article on Motif Notation; “Since This Summer…”


Grant Support History

 

GRANT SUPPORT HISTORY

2007 Illinois Humanities Grant from the Illinois Humanities Council

                              for the creation of a documentary based on the life of Loïe Fuller.

                              In conjunction with MOMENTA Dance Company, Oak Park, Illinois.

                              Requested: $10,000           Awarded: $10,000

 

2007 The Dance Preservation Fund Grant at The Ohio State University

                              for Leslie Rotman (certified Labanotator) to check my notation of Doris Humphrey’s                                              Concerto in A Minor also known as Grieg Concerto (1928).

                              Funding Cycle: Winter and Spring Quarters 2007

                              Requested: $1830                             Awarded: $1830

 

2002 Coca Cola Critical Difference for Women Dissertation Grant at The Ohio State University

                              for costume and production elements needed for “Fire Dance” thesis project.

                              Title: Recreating Loïe Fuller’s “Fire Dance”

                              Funding Cycle: Spring Quarter 2002

                              Requested: $1000  Awarded: $1000

 

2002 Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship (AGGRS) at The Ohio State University

                              for conducting research in Paris, France on Loïe Fuller’s “Fire Dance”.

                              Title: Researching and Recreating Loïe Fuller’s “Fire Dance”

                              Funding Cycle: Spring Quarter 2002

                              Requested: $2000  Awarded: $2000

 

2002 The Dance Preservation Fund Grant at The Ohio State University

                              for participation in the Teacher Certification Course in Labanotation.

                              Title: Gaining Teaching Certification

                              Funding Cycle: Winter and Spring Quarters 2002

                              Requested: $600 Awarded: $500

 

2001 The Program to Enhance Graduate Studies (PEGS) at The Ohio State University

                              for participation in the International Council of Kinetography Laban and the Motif Symposium, July 26 – August 4, 2001 in Columbus, Ohio.

                              Title: Professional Conference Participation

                              Funding Cycle: Winter and Spring Quarters 2001

                              Requested: $90    Awarded: $90

 

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

2016                     Nominated for three 2015 – 2016 Critics Table Awards:

                              Dancestry – Best Concert,

                              La Mer – Best Ensemble,

                              Jessica Lindberg Coxe – Best Dancer

2003                     First Place in The Arts, 17th Annual Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum,

                              Award: $300 cash & $500 conference presentation grant

2003                     Graduate School Leadership Award, The Ohio State University

                              Award: $200 book grant

2001 – 2003         Graduate Associate, The Ohio State University

2000 – 2001         University Fellow, The Ohio State University

1995 – 1998         University Scholar, Southern Methodist University

1996                     Golden Key – Business Honor Society

1995                     Alpha Lambda Delta – Academic Honor Society

 



Published: October 14, 2024