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Gnomon(2023) is a sculptural work with the dancers appearing as shifting stones circling like two halves of a sundial
Ghost Island Suite(2021) is the first iteration of what will be a larger work by Jennifer Yackel, inspired by once-inhabited islands of the Chesapeake Bay that have now succumbed to their surrounding waters. Premiered during the Philadelphia Fringe Festival on the Dancefusion Dance Company.
Now, Then(2021) is a dance film that taps into a childlike playfulness within a lush greenscape of imaginative daydreaming. |
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Table For Eight(2020) is a dance film shot by eight dancers in eight different spaces. With a chair as
their partner the dancers pass the time by shifting, tapping, and circling their bodies to Brubeck’s
classic Take Five.
their partner the dancers pass the time by shifting, tapping, and circling their bodies to Brubeck’s
classic Take Five.
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Ruby(2020) is a dance film that feels like a memory, a person lost. Who is Ruby? A lover? A child? A friend? Has she
passed away or is she just lost to you? The Space Where You Were(2018) explores the physicality of loss. How our bodies remember and continue to accommodate even after someone is gone. Pencils and Pennies(2017/18) Pencils and Pennies is a lighthearted, comedic duo that is full of big jumps and small gestures giving a nod to Vaudeville, Broadway, and a little Chaplin. |
Waterwise(2015/17) is a multimedia site-adaptive ensemble work featuring a community of women connected to the water in a primal and transformative way. With water basins resting on hips and dramatic, hair-flying head movements the work creates the unique atmosphere of a familiar world hidden away.
The work was created in Residence with the NADINE Project at the Dragon's Egg in Ledyard, CT.
One Small Thing(2013/15) is a stirring solo, poignant in feeling with arms and legs painting unending lines of lyricism through the air.
The work was created in Residence with the NADINE Project at the Dragon's Egg in Ledyard, CT.
One Small Thing(2013/15) is a stirring solo, poignant in feeling with arms and legs painting unending lines of lyricism through the air.
Strega is a powerful solo that conjures images of sorcery and enchantment connecting the mortal to the divine. With rhythmic footwork there is a constant pull between the earth and sky, between the limits of the body and the untapped power within.
Unpoken is a duet inspired by the inexplicit rules and social language of women centuries past.
Unpoken is a duet inspired by the inexplicit rules and social language of women centuries past.
Photo by Susan Pardy
Dreaming Of You is a solo set to the music of Tom Waits. The piece has been performed at Choreography on The Edge, an annual showcase at the Byrdcliffe Theater in Woodstock, NY. The piece was performed again for At First Glance, a performance that is self produced by the dancers of the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company at The Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy, NY.
Surrounding evolved from an improvised solo performed with percussionist Brian Melick and musician Zoe B. Zak as part of a residency at RPI's Chapel and Cultural Center. It was premiered as a structured piece in 2010 at Choreography on The Edge and then again for At First Glance.
Limiter is a duet that explores the other half of our subconscious, the side that’s always lurking
within, determined to hold down that which reaches up.
Surrounding evolved from an improvised solo performed with percussionist Brian Melick and musician Zoe B. Zak as part of a residency at RPI's Chapel and Cultural Center. It was premiered as a structured piece in 2010 at Choreography on The Edge and then again for At First Glance.
Limiter is a duet that explores the other half of our subconscious, the side that’s always lurking
within, determined to hold down that which reaches up.
Beneath The Surface is a contemporary ballet piece set on six women to the music of Apocalyptica and Kronos Quartet. Jennifer collaborated with her father Scott Yackel Sr. who wrote an original poem to open the piece. Its premier was in April of 2006 at the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts as part of Ballet Theatre of Maryland's Directors Choice repertory performance.
