Julian Jernigan(Jay)
Education!
!
(1991-1994)!
!
!
!
Northern Nash High School, Rocky Mount NC-Member of NNHS Band,
!
!
!
NNHS Winter Guard, Drama Department, Chorus
!
East Carolina University, Greenville NC- BFA Dance Performance (1994-1998)
Brenau University, Gainesville GA BFA in Dance Education(2010-2012)
Georgia Southern University Currently pursuing M. Ed in Integrated
Technology(2012-2013)
Performance Experience-!
Randy James Dance Works, Highland Park New Jersey(1998)
Edmund in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Soloist in Estuaries, Susie and Swoosie’s Soiree
Corps in With Alligators in the Bayou (you water ski real good), Vivaldi, Waves at My
Back
! !
Universal Studios, Orlando Florida(1999)
Street Performer
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
Atlanta Festival Ballet, Stockbridge GA(2000-2004)
Drosselmeyer, Arabian, Russian, Spanish, Candy Cane in The Nutcracker
Soloist in An Artist’s Life, Sing, Sing, Sing, Beauty and the Beast, Alice in
Wonderland, The Little Mermaid, The Fifties Ballet, Belle Amore, Carmina
Burana, Symphony in C, Tchaikovsky, ’Twas the Night Before Halloween,
!
!
!
Unfinished, and Pirate in Peter Pan
Augusta Ballet, Augusta GA (2003)
Guest Artist for The Three Musketeers
Gainesville Ballet, Gainesville GA (2002-2007)
Ice Skater and Russian in The Nutcracker
Soloist in Synergy, Tonight I Can Write, Poetry for Two Voices, and The
!
!
!
Twelve Dancing Princesses
Ruth Mitchell Dance Theater, Marietta GA (2003-Present)
Peter Pan in Peter Pan Drosselmeyer and Mother Ginger in The Nutcracker
Soloist for Pulse, Puppet Master, Great Scott, and 11 Minutes Ago
Waltz Couple in Cinderella Corps in By George
!
Metro Movement Ensemble, Atlanta GA (2003-Present)
Soloist in ...Of a Revolution, Read Between Lines, Body for Voices, One for My Baby, and
Speed of Trees, Sleeping Beauty Grand Pas de Duex
South Georgia Ballet, Cairo GA (2008-2011)
Nutcracker Prince and Cavalier in Nutcracker
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
Big House Dance Theater, Gainesville GA (2003-2005)
Soloist in Triptych, Bond, and Last Breath
Axam Dance Theater Experience, Atlanta GA (2005)
Awakening, Without Motion, Scream Freedom
Ashland Youth Ballet, Ashland KY (2003-2005)
Drosselmeyer, Snow Pas de Duex, and Cavalier in The Nutcracker
Soloist in Appalachian Suite and Heartland
Fayette Ballet, Fayetteville GA (2005-2008)
Cavalier and Lead Russian in The Nutcracker
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
Dance South, Albany GA (2006-Present)
The Nutcracker Prince and Cavalier in The Nutcracker
Madison Studio Company, Macon GA (2006-2009)
Prince Florimund in The Sleeping Beauty The Grinch in The Who, Who Lost Hope
Albrecht in Giselle
Dance Arts Inc., Valdosta GA(2007-Present)
Cavalier in The Nutcracker
Choreography- !
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
East Carolina University, Greenville NC
REM Stage-4(1997)8 min, J.B.(1998)120 min
Ashland Youth Ballet, Ashland KY
Heartland (2003)19min, Elements of Life (2004)20min, Co-choreographed The
Nutcracker (2004)90min, Of Gods and Men (2005)23min
Atlanta Festival Ballet, Stockbridge GA
!
T’was the Night Before Halloween (2004)36 min
Wake Forest-Rolesville Performing Arts High School
!
Soul Searching (2004)40 min
Dance Arts Inc., Valdosta GA
!
Come Fly With Me(2008), We Represent(2009), Lunar Tide(2010),
!
Guardians of the Evergreen(2011) Return to Oz(2012) You Can’t Stop the
!
Beat(2013)
Ruth Mitchell Dance Theater, Marietta GA
!
Third Party Penance (2005)8 min, The Way Young Lovers Do (2006)10min
Tidal(2009) 13 min, The Secret Lives of Wallflowers(2010)16 min
Gainesville Ballet, Gainesville GA
Anomalous Nature (2006)9min
International City Ballet, Warner Robins GA
A Mother in New York (2003)4min composed soundtrack and voice overs, Eve’s
Downfall (2003)4min composed original music
Madison Dance Company, Macon GA
T’was the night Before Halloween (2005, 2006, 2007)45 min, Curious George, a
Children’s Ballet (2006)19 min work in progress, Grass Roots (2002)15 minunfinished, What’d I Say (2005)5min, Such Sweet Thunder (2008)28 minutes,
The Who, Who Gained Hope (2008)90 minutes
Metro Movement Ensemble, Atlanta GA- Artistic Director
Loosely Based Fugue (2004)6min, And So It Begins (2004)8min, Third Party
Penance (2005)8min, Read Between Lines (2007)5min, One for My Baby
(2008)6 minutes, The Glass Ceiling (2008)6 minutes, Body for Voices (2008)12
minutes
Savannah Arts Academy, Savannah GA
Falling In(2011)5 min, Beauty and the Beast Full Musical(2011),
Winter(2011)10m Just Another Monday/Wednesday(2011)5min, Various
Sections of Spring Ballet Snow White(2012), Carousel Full Musical(2012)
EAGDBe (2012) 5min, The Dreamlives of Wallflowers(2012)14min,
Crossroads(2013)3min, Pathetique(2013)5min, Bolero(2013)4min, This
Gift(2013)5 min, Hairspray Full Musical(2013), Summer(2013)20min,
Tourmelinan Dream(2013)4min, Rose Parade(2013)4 min, Various sections of
the full length Giselle(2014)45 min, Legally Blonde Full Musical(2014),
Spring(2014)19 min, The Truth....Always Just Beneath the Surface(2014)22min,
Superimposed Blank Slates(2014)4 min, Dervishly Whirling(2014)5 min, A
Golden Age Love Story(2015)20 min, The Connecting Point(2015)20 min
!
Choreography for multiple Winter, Summer and Fall Shows for the following High
School and Independent Bands, Winter Guards, and Performance Ensembles-
Totally Pointless Winterguard Rocky Mount, NC(1995) Washington High School
Washington, NC (1995), West Carteret High School Morehead City, NC(1995),
First Flight Winter Guard Cary,NC(2002-Present), Salem High School Conyers,
GA(2003-Present), James Island Charter High School Charleston, SC(2003Present), George Washington High School Roxboro, NC (2003), Kell High School
Kennesaw,GA (2004), Center Grove High School Center Grove, IN(2004)
Hanahan High School Hanahan, SC(2004), Lake Central High School Lake
Central, IL(2004), Wilson-Beddingfield High School Wilson, NC(2005), Avon High
School Avon, IN(2005), La Joya High School La Joya, TX(2006-2007), Forsyth
Central High School Cumming, GA(2008-2010), Phantom Regiment Winter
Guard Atlanta, GA(2008), Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps Rockford,
IL(2008) Carolina Crown Winter Guard Atlanta, GA (2008-2010), Carolina Crown
Drum and Bugle Corps Charlotte, NC(2009-2010)
Teaching Experience
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
Savannah Arts Academy, Savannah Georgia( 2011-Present)
Currently teaching classes in Ballet, Modern, Men’s Dance, Classical Partnering,
Contemporary Partnering
Georgia Dance Conservatory, Marietta Georgia (2009-2011)
!
Currently teaching classes in Jazz, Contemporary, Ballet, and Classical Pas
!
!
!
de Deux
Hickory Hills Arts Academy Elementary School, Marietta Georgia (2008-2011)
Director of Dance, teaching fundamental vocabulary of Ballet, Modern, and Jazz
Technique and Introductory Concepts of Dance/Creative Movement , and
Integrating general education principles through the arts
Cathedral Arts Conservatory (2008-2009)! !
Taught classes in Yoga, and Modern
!
Madison Studio of Dance Education (2001-2008)
Taught classes in Ballet, Pointe, Partnering, Modern, Choreography,
Conditioning, and
Yoga
A Time to Dance/Covington Regional Ballet (2001-2003)
!
Taught classes in Ballet, Pointe, Partnering, Modern, Conditioning
Gainesville School of Ballet (2006-2007)
!
Taught classes in Jazz, Hip-Hop, Modern
Fayette School of Ballet (2005-2006)
!
Taught classes in Jazz, Ballet
Master Classes and Workshops
Covington Regional Ballet, Fayette Ballet, Atlanta Festival Ballet, Ashland Youth
Ballet, Ruth Mitchell Dance Theater, Gainesville Ballet, Camilla-Pelham School
of Ballet, International City Ballet , and Dekalb School of the Arts, Dance Arts
Inc., Zoetic Dance Ensemble, Madison Studio of Dance Education, Savannah
Arts Academy, SCAD Arts Smarts Camp
Notable Achievements
•
•
Received a full scholarship to Bates Dance Festival (1997)
Requested to choreograph J.B. (a play) for ECU Theater Department
(1997)
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Composed original music for several fellow student’s senior
choreography projects while attending East Carolina University (1996,
1997)
Commissioned to compose original work by Patti Weeks, Dance
Department Chair, East Carolina University (1998)
Performed Outreach programs for local elementary schools with East
Carolina University Dance Department (1998)
Senior Choreography Project REM Stage-4 adjudicated at ACDFA@
UMBC
(1998)! !
!
Participated in outreach programs touring elementary and middle
schools with Randy James Dance Works under Young Audiences of
New Jersey (1999)
Participated in performances and workshops with Randy James Dance
Works as the featured company ACDFA-Boston 1999, HSDFAWashington D.C. (1999)
Participated in a week long workshop at an elementary school teaching
modern dance for Randy James Dance Works in Greenville, SC (1999)
Began choreographing Color Guard routines for numerous high schools
bands and independent groups, in North Carolina, South Carolina,
Virginia, !Indiana, Texas and Georgia (1995-Present)
Performed numerous matinees for elementary schools with Atlanta
Festival Ballet, The Gainesville Ballet, Ashland Youth Ballet, and
Augusta Ballet (2001-Present)
Performed at local assisted living communities with Atlanta Festival
Ballet (2001-2005)
Director of Atlanta Festival BalletOutreach Program for local elementary
schools to put students in The Nutcracker, Battle Scene (2002, 2003)
Contracted to perform with local bluegrass band “Bottom Line” with The
Ashland !Youth Ballet (2003)
Choreographed numerous Holiday Dance Programs to be performed at
assisted living communities for Madison Dance Company (2002Present)
Commissioned to Perform for Firespark!, a high school summer dance
workshop at Brenau University, Gainesville GA, with Big House Dance
Theater! (2003,2004)
Founded Metro Movement Ensemble, a contemporary dance company
in Atlanta GA, A Performance Ensemble affluent in Modern, Ballet and
Pointe Technique (2003)
Metro Movement Ensemble invited to perform with International City
Ballet, Warner Robins GA (2003, 2004)
Metro Movement Ensemble conducts a one week outreach workshop
for local youth, creating a premiere work, performed in the Leonardo
Davinci !Exhibit of the Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon GA
(2004)
Created Multimedia DVD to be projected during Of Gods and Men for
the Ashland Youth Ballet (2005)
Metro Movement Ensemble invited to perform at Firespark! (2005)
Metro Movement Ensemble invited to perform at Ballet Fest Atlanta
(2006, 2007)
Choreographed Curious George intended for an audience of children 12
and under Metro movement Ensemble invited to headline Firespark!
(2007)
Participated in outreach program touring elementary schools, middle
schools, high schools and private schools, as well as churches and
community !
theaters with The Ruth Mitchell Dance
Theater in association with Young Audiences of Atlanta (2005, 2006,
2007, 2008)
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Researched, purchased and instituted training on public address
systems specifically designed for public outreach performances of the
SAA dance company(2011)
•
Instituted various technological upgrades including fully functional
lockable public address systems that allow for cd, mp3, laptop visual
presentations, and dvd capabilities in each studio(2011)
•
Designed and instituted dance department assessments, a jury based
tracking tool that follows a students progress in a variety of skill sets
three times per year and can organize results based in any if the criteria
entered(2011)
Continued to guest artist and choreograph for professional dance
companies(2011)
•
!
!
!
!
Co-director of The Cathedral Conservatory Summer Intensive, Decatur
GA (2007)
My choreography assists Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps
win Drum Corps International World Championships(2008)
Firespark! commissions Metro Movement Ensemble for an evening
length repertory concert entitled Intrinsic Kinetics(2008)
Appointed as Director of Dance for Hickory Hills Arts Academy
(2008-2011)
Commissioned to choreograph year round for Ruth Mitchell Dance
Theatre’s 2009-2011 Season
Hired as instructor for SCAD’s Art Smarts Camp for Summer (2011)
Hired as Part-Time Dance Teacher for Savannah Arts Academy(2011)
Hired as Full-Time Dance Faculty Member at Savannah Arts
Academy(2011)
Appointed to Artistic Director of Savannah Arts Dance Company(2012)
Appointed choreographer SAA's fall musical Beauty and the
Beast(2010)
Appointed stage manager and lighting designer of dance department
performances (2010)
•
Received dance education certification from Brenau University
graduated with a 3.75 GPA(2011)
•
Appointed choreographer SAA's production of Carousel(2011)
•
Researched. Purchased and installed sound dampening materials for a
more controlled focused teaching environment(2011)
•
Created and constructed the performing arts collection, a performing
arts library including books, periodicals, cd's and dvd's if dance
resources for student learning housed within the dance offices(2011)
•
Researched purchased and constructed additional dance barre systems
to accommodate master classes of 60 or more students(2011)
•
Researched recycled and installed physical wardrobe components to
consolidate the department's costume inventory into one secure and
define able location(2011)
•
Began masters program in instructional technology at Georgia Southern
University(2011)
!
•
Was appointed artistic Director of Savannah Arts Academy Dance
Company(2011)
•
Researched, downloaded and instituted costume inventory control
software that allowed complete management and track ability of all
costume purchases and assets for the past ten years of costumes(2011)
•
Was appointed Technical Director of all Savannah arts Academy dance
department productions(2011)
•
Conceived designed,produced, and completed SAA event, entitled
"LIVE" a collaboration with several local music entities,with Sixteen
separate musical performance ensembles, and dances performed to
each(2012)
•
Was appointed lighting designer for all SAA Dance Department
productions(2012)
•
Began composing technology grants(2012)
•
Was awarded technology grant totaling 900 dollars worth of iPods and a
High Grade Nikon digital SLR for departmental use(2012)
•
Established the Dance Department YouTube channel, a visual resource
for dancers to stay abreast of all productions and choreography for the
current performance season(2013)
•
Continued to guest artist and set choreography for professional dance
companies(2013)
•
Continued as artistic director of the SAA Dance Company(2013)
•
Was appointed choreographer for SAA production of Hairspray(2013)
•
Continued as technical director and lighting designer for all dance
department events(2013)
•
Researched purchased and implemented public relations design center
for producing all SAA dance department public relation materials in
house(2013)
•
Restaged rehearsed and produced SAA Dance Department's first full
length classical ballet Giselle(2014)
•
Completed Master's if Education degree in instructional technology with
a final GPA of 3.75(2014)
•
Final portfolio has been instituted as an exemplary sample for all
graduate courses to follow(2014)
•
Instituted the dancer improvement plan containing a flexibility, strength,
and cardiovascular fitness plan utilizing the online curation all tool
Listly(2014)
•
Composed and received Savannah Chatham County Public School
System innovation technology grant to student technology center
\
totaling $2800 worth of apple computers for students to composed and
edit music, photos, videos, and websites(2014)
•
Created Savannah Arts Academy dance department YouTube channel
and promotional materials chronicling yearly highlights, and master
classes for dance department events(2014)
•
Continued to guest artist and set choreography for professional dance
companies(2014)
•
Was appointed annual production manager of Savannah Arts Academy.
In charge if all performances. Load in/load out for all SAA events(2014)
•
Developed and instituted the Dancer Digital Portfolio Project, creating
online modules for students to design and utilize a digital portfolio
containing resume, contact info, artistic samples and a reflective
blog(2014)
•
Nominated for exemplary classroom management skills at the district
level, having several visitors per year to observe(2014)
•
Nominated for accelerated teacher leadership program for future
administrative training at the district level(2014)
•
Appointed choreographer of SAA’s production of Legally Blonde(2014)
•
Continued as technical director and lighting designer for all SAA dance
department events(2015)
•
Continued as artistic director of the SAA dance company(2015)
•
Began filming editing and producing promotional materials for all arts
departments at SAA(2015)
•
Began creating YouTube channels for all arts departments at SAA, to
aid in video chronicling of the school year as well as upcoming
events(2015)
•
Began construction and design of SAA pr website featuring short films in
regards to upcoming events(2015)
•
Conceived and began production on SAA dance department spring
event Four canvases, a collaboration with the visual arts
department(2015)
•
Began conceptualizing an arts continuing education summer dance
intensive. Based at Savannah Arts Academy, it will feature all day
classes for high school dancers as well as a half day if technique
classes for younger dancers(2015)
•
Continued to guest artist and set choreography for professional dance
companies(2015)
•
Was appointed lighting designer for savannah arts academy's annual
Junk to funk fashion show(2015)
•
Began design production on SAA Dance Departments spring production
of Four Canvases, a visual arts collaboration of four long form 20 minute
dances based around the artwork of Robert Rauschenberg, John
Snyder, Sol Lewitt, and Aaron Douglass.(2015)
•
Completed promotional materials and began website design of
Savannah Summer Arts Intensive(2015)
•
Completed the dancer portfolio project with all 86 dance majors piloting
an online module for website design and instituting compliance with a
digital portfolio district mandate three years ahead of the current
technology plan for all SCCPSS schools(2015)
•
Was requested as a consultant for interview panel for future technology
coaches of the SCCPSS district(2015)
•
Was utilized as lighting designer for several performances including
Esther F. Garrison School of Visual and Performing Arts, Savannah Arts
Academy’s Show Choir Vox, and the choral departments
“Carmen”(2015)
•
Co-directed the Savannah Summer Arts Intensive a two week dance
workshop for seventy six students ranging in age from 11-57 years
old(2015)