JENNIFER WENDERLICH

Jennifer Wenderlich, an Albuquerque native, began her ballet training with the Dance Theatre of the Southwest at age four. She attended numerous intensive workshops with Jillana (The Jillana School), Arthur Mitchell (Director, Dance Theatre of Harlem), Mel Tomlinson (Alvin Ailey), and Antoinette Peloso (Metropolitan Opera Company of NY). As a member of NMBC II (New Mexico Ballet Company's junior company), she performed in The Nutcracker, Blue Jean Blues, Rhapsody, and Balanchine's Serenade. In 2009, she performed in BRT's Beauty & the Beast and Elementals. Jennifer is currently attending UNM and plans to major in Arts Education.