About
Jessica Baynes is a Filipino-Irish dance practitioner whose work spans performance, choreography, and education. Baynes holds degrees from Harvard University (MEd), University of Utah (BFA), and is a funded MFA candidate in contemporary dance performance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire in London, UK.
She has taught and performed internationally, choreographed 40+ works, founded Healing in Motion Dance, and has been on faculty at University of Utah School of Dance, Repertory Dance Theatre, Project Zero at Harvard University, and American national ballet company, Ballet West.
Her movement background includes modern, contemporary, Flamenco and Irish dance. Baynes has been awarded funding and recognition for her work in dance from organizations including TED, U.S. National Endowment for the Arts, Harvard University, National Dance Educational Organization (NDEO), International Association of Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS) and Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP).
Baynes also holds a 600-hour classical Pilates teacher certification from the United States Pilates Association and the New York Pilates Studio©.