Jenny Rocha is the artistic director/choreographer and producer for her Brooklyn-based dance company, Rocha Dance Theater. She is also a costume designer, teacher and dancer. Rocha has created over 50 works and 10 evening-length productions for her company since 2001. Her choreography has been presented by numerous venues and events such as Danspace Project, Joyce Soho, La Mama ETC and Galapagos Art Space where she is a currently a resident artist. She has self-produced and co-produced many of her productions. In addition to choreographing for her own company, she also creates work for theater directors, off-broadway productions, music shows, commissioned events, films and college companies. As a dancer, she has been performing in NYC and nationally. Noted mentors that she has worked with include Kelli Wicke Davis, Sean Curran Company and currently Heidi Latsky Dance. Rocha has performed in formal theaters, cabaret stages, operas, films and video, NBCs America's Got Talent, outdoor festivals, and many other performance mediums. As a teacher, she has been a guest artist at West Virginia University, ACDFA at Connecticut College and a revisiting artist at Roger Williams University (2001-2011). Jenny also teaches children in NY public schools for the organization CREATE and has been a guest artist at Dance New Amsterdam in NYC. Jenny graduated with a BA in Dance from Roger Williams University in 1996 where she received the Thomas Paolino Scholarship and The Outstanding Achievement in Dance Award. Rocha has received funding from The Emerging Artist Award by Greenstreet Studios in Boston, the Thomas Moore Foundation, Danspace Projects Commissioning Initiative and the Puffin Foundation.