KRISTEN JEPPSEN GROVES
D A N C E A RT I S T • C M R 4 2 7 B O X 1 9 3 9 A P O , A E 0 9 6 3 0 U . S . A .
PHONE +39 345.610.3953 • E-MAIL KRISTENJGROVES@GMAIL.COM
EDUCATION
Ohio State University
 M.F.A. in Choreography, June 2011
Brigham Young University
 Bachelor of Arts in Dance Education, April 2008
 Music Minor: Harp Performance
Columbus, Ohio
Provo, Utah
HONORS & AWARDS
Women’s Coca-Cola Grant, $3,500; Baker-Tarpaga Dance Project, April 2011
OSU’s Graduate Teaching Award, $1,500; Ohio State University, April 2010
BETHA grant award, $35,000; research assistant for Shifting Traces, August 2010
Quarterly Funding Intiative awardee $1,000; research & choreography, January 2010
GTA Scholarship Award recipient; tuition and stipend; Ohio State University, September 2008
Phi Kappa Phi Artist Award, Brigham Young University, April 2008
William Simon Fellowship for Noble Purposes Semi-Finalist, August 2008
Best Female Performer, Best Choreography, BYU's Department of Dance, June 2008
Mary Lou Fulton Recipient $3,000; dance tuition scholarship, January 2008
Emerson & LeGene Lyman Scholarship Recipient $2,500; Brigham Young University, April 2007
Outstanding Teacher Award, Outstanding Student Award, BYU's Department of Dance, June 2007
Sterling Scholar Award in Dance, Bingham High School, January 2000
CHOREOGRAPHY
Minim, Oct 2013
 Commissioned, six minute work for 12 dancers. Wasatch Contemporory Dance Company’s
“Creating the Canvas” concert at Covey Arts Center in Provo, Utah.
Two to One, June 2013
 Commisioned, six minute work for three dancers. Wasatch Contemporary Dance Company’s
“American Dream” concert at Ragan Theater at Utah Valley University.
 Premiered 10 minute, multi-media piece for soloist, Artist, Interrupted “Home Front” Galla,
Columbus, Ohio.
Love Him Forever, December 2012
 Commissioned duet for new musical “Threads” written and produced by singer/songwriter
Michael McLean.
As We Are, November 2012
 Commisioned, 10-minute work for 15 dancers. DancEnsemble at Brigham Young University.
Lost/Found, June 2012
 Dance film premiered at Core Project’s “Going Dutch” performance at Links Halls in Chicago,
Illinois.
Il Ratto del Serraglio, May 2012
 Choreographer for choir and soloists of Teatro Communale Orchestra and Choir’s presentation
of Mozart’s opera performed at the Olympic Theater in Vicenza, Italy.
Gray Matters, March 2012
 Commissioned work for nine dancers for Orchesis Dance Company at Ohio Wesleyan
University.
The People’s Evolution, March 2012
 Commissioned, 10 minute, multi-media work for six dancers, for DancEnsemble at Brigham
Young University;
 Awarded Phi Kappa Phi Artist Award & Best Choreography;
 Presented at BYU's Hunger Banquet; April 2008, BYU's Senior Concert, Dec. 2007.
Second Future, January 2012
 Commissioned work for 20 dancers for Copper Hill’s Dance Company.
Flight, May 2011
 Five minute duet, Artist, Interrupted “Home Front” Galla.
[ME]thod, April 2011
 16 minute work for six dancers, M.F.A. concert, OSU’s Sullivant Theatre.
Whiteness Revisited, August 2011
 11 minute solo, a collaborative work with Baker-Tarpaga DanceProject.
 Presented at Atelier AEx Corps in Dakar, Senegal & at Action-Danse in Casablance, Mekes, &
Rabat, Morocco.
Solve, April 2010
 Eight minute duet presented at Ohio State University Spring Concert.
Duet for 3, May 2009
 Nine minute work for three dancers presented at Ohio State University Spring Concert.
Saya, August 2009
 Commissioned work for Moutain View Drill Team,16 dancers.
Jambalia, December 2009
 Commissioned work for Copper Hills Dance Company, 20 dancers.
Set-Reset, December 2008
 Commisioned work Copper Hills Dance Company, 20 dancers.
Boxed Out, May 2008
 Five minute, site-specific work for Hillcrest Dance Company, 25 dancers.
Wired, December 2007
 Commissioned work for Copper Hills Dance Company. 20 dancers.
Unexpectations, November 2006
 Eight minute work for 16 dancers, presented at BYU’s DancEnsemble Concert.
HIStory, April 2007
 Three minute duet dancers at BYU's DancEnsemble Concert.
Awakenings, April 2006
 Six minute work for nine dancers for BYU's Kinnect, presented at public school venues in Utah,
Nevada, New York.
TEACHING & EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Dance Faculty, Adjunct, Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah
 Advanced and Intermediate technique for majors, Fall 2012
 Introduction to Dance, Fall 2012
 Beginning dance for non-majors, Fall 2012
Artist, Interrupted: A Woman’s Art Collective
Utah, Ohio, Washington D.C, & Kansas
 Founder and Co-director, Jan. 2011-current
Dance Instructor, “Skies, Unlimited”
Vicenza, Italy
 Performance & Composition, Contemporary Dance,
and Hip-Hop, Nov. 2010-current
Graduate Teaching Associate, Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
 Methods & Materials: Dance Pedagogy, Winter 2010
 Advanced Modern for majors, Winter 2011
 Advance Jazz for majors, Spring 2011
 Hip-Hop, Fall 2008-Spring 2011
 Beginning Ballet, Fall 2008-Spring 2011
Media Manager & Dance Researcher
Senegal, Mali, Kenya, & Morocco
 Video editor and co-researcher for “Shifting Traces:
Dance and Technology in and outside of Africa.” June 2010-Apr. 2011
Editor InForm Dance Magazine, Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
 Organized magazine format & design, edited content,
and wrote articles for OSU’s dance magazine, Jan. 2010-July 2010
Graduate Research Assistant, Baker &Tarpaga Dance Project
USA & Burkina Faso
 Edited grant writing, researched funding, organized travel and
master classes. marketing & public relations, Sept. 09-June 2010
Government Affairs, Dance/USA
Washington D.C.
 Advocated on Capitol Hill. Partnered with Performing Arts Alliance, the Performing Arts
Visa Task-force, the Arts Education Working Group and the Cultural Advocacy Group to
track legislation and draft correspondence for members and update content of government
affairs information for art issues, June 09 -August 2009
Technique Instructor, Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah
 Taught modern dance, Spring & Summer 2008
Student Teacher, Hillcrest High School
Midvale, Utah
 Taught beginning-advanced modern dance, compostion & improvisation, and set work on
20 dancers, Jan. 08-May 2008
Methods of Teaching Creative Dance Instructor, Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah
 Created new curriculum and taught elementary education majors creative dance pedagogy,
Sept. 2006-Jan. 2007
K-12 Public School Creative Dance Instructor, BYU’s Kinnect
Provo, Utah
 Taught core-curriculum based creative dance lessons to elementary ages children K-6, Jan.
2005-Apr. 2006
PUBLICATIONS & RESEARCH
Constructions of Empathy: exploring perspectives & biases of empathic pedaggy
in classrooms abroad, DaCi International Conference Journal, Fall 2012.
Shifting Traces: Dance In and Out of Africa, co-researcher and writer. West Africa, December 2010
Intersecting Dance & Policy, presented at Dance Under Construction XII, UC Riverside, April 2010
My [ME]thod, OSU. Masters Thesis. 2010
A Perfect Pas de Duex: National Service & Dance, Dance/USA Journal, Fall Issue. 2009
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Globe Trot, dance video collaboration with Bebe Miller Sept. 2013
Vicenza, Italy
Artist, Interrupted, May 2011-current
Columbus, Ohio & Chicago, Illinois
Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project, Oct 2010-April 2011
Dakar, Senegal & Rabat, Morocco
Bebe Miller's How to Remember, Riffe Capital Theatre, April 2010
Columbus, Ohio
Susan Hadley's Blue Grass, Riffe Capital Theatre, April 2009
Columbus, Ohio
Betsy Miller's From Here to There, dance film, February 2009
Columbus, Ohio
Betsy Miller's Four Stories, Columbus Movement Movement, March 2009
Columbus, Ohio BYU’s
Dancer’s Company, Onward Alone, March-July 2008
Utah, New Mexico, Texas Kinnect
Dance Ensemble, January 06-June 2007
Utah, Nevada, New York