Jennifer Bader
Assistant
Professor of Dance
Ballet
Office: 328 Dittmann Center
Phone: 507-786-3581
bader@stolaf.edu
B.F.A. University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jennifer A. Bader has been teaching ballet at Saint Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota since 1998 and at Carleton College, also in Northfield, since 2001. From 1992 to 2007 Ms. Bader also taught ballet and contemporary dance at the Minnesota Dance Theatre School and served as Assistant to the Artistic Director for ten of those years. Ms. Bader performed with Minnesota Dance Theatre in such diverse ballets as Loyce Houlton's "Nutcracker Fantasy", “Knoxville”, and "Ancient Aire." She also taught and performed with the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis dancing the role of the fairy godmother in "Cinderella" and played Alizon in the Christopher Fry's "The Lady’s Not for Burning." Ms. Bader has performed in Jennifer Hart's "In Dreams," and with other independent choreographers in Minneapolis. In August 2002 and 2004, Ms. Bader traveled to Yaroslavl Russia to participate in Link Vostok’s "International Festival of Movement and Dance on the Volga," where she assisted the Executive Director and taught ballet and modern dance. This year Ms. Bader will also teach and choreograph at Saint Cloud State University, and will continue to teach and choreograph for independent dance schools in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas.
