FACULTY
JENNA BARTHOLME, Owner and Director of Exhibit 3 Dance Company, has been training in multiple genres of dance for thirty three years. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dance from the Conservatory at Point Park University and was a member of the prestigious Lakes Area Civic Ballet for six years. While in college, Jenna was on faculty at the notable Abby Lee Dance Company, featured on Lifetime's "Dance Moms." Jenna has performed works by distinguished, professional choreographers such as Robert Battle, David Parsons, Kate Skarpetowska, Daniel Ezralow, Doug Varone, and was invited twice to perform for the American College Dance Festival Association. Growing up, she was featured in Dance Magazine for her standout auditioning skills and was one out of ten dancers in the country awarded a full scholarship for the "Dance with the Force" program at the EDGE in Los Angeles, California. Jenna discovered her passion for teaching dance after a career-altering injury. Her students have gone on to attend The Juilliard School, Point Park University, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and several others, as well as esteemed college dance teams at the University of Minnesota, University of Pittsburgh and Butler University.
TESS RENAUD, Co-Artistic Director of Exhibit 3 Dance Company, began dancing in the Chicagoland area. She trained at Visceral Dance Center, (VDC), under the direction of Nick Pupillo, Lizzie MacKenzie, and many others. She has been a part of VDC’s scholarship program, as well as River North Dance Chicago and Luna Negra Dance Theater’s summer intensives.
Tess graduated from Western Michigan University (WMU) with a Bachelor of Arts in dance, and a minor in nonprofit leadership. At WMU, she was a member of Western Dance Project, the Department of Dance’s touring ensemble under the direction of David Curwen. The ensemble performed at venues such as Dance Chicago, Michigan Dance Day, and Oakland Dance Festival. She has had the honor of performing works at WMU choreographed by Monique Haley, Carolyn Pavlik, Jackie Nowicki, and a Loïe Fuller reconstruction of “La Mer.”
Since graduating, Tess has performed the works of various Chicago choreographers including Joey Hernandez, Nick Pupillo, and Harrison McEldowney. She has performed at multiple festivals including Carnival Choreographers Ball in Chicago, Motor City Movement in Detroit, and at venues such as the Art Institute of Chicago. She completed her 200-hour vinyasa yoga teacher training at the White Lotus Yoga Foundation in Santa Barbara, CA. She has also completed training for hot yoga and restorative yoga. She teaches multiple formats for Corepower Yoga. Tess is currently pursuing a career in teaching, choreography, and grant writing. She teaches and choreographs for many studios and dance teams in the Chicago and Michigan areas, and has held many master classes. Tess is currently on faculty at Visceral Dance Center and is excited to be a part of Exhibit 3 Dance Company!
JACKIE NOWICKI originates from Chicago, Illinois. She received her BFA in Dance from Western Michigan University, where she graduated summa cum laude and was named Presidential Scholar in April 2008, and she was chosen as the Department of Dance's Distinguished Alumni for the 2016 school year. She danced for Pilobolus Dance Theater in their PCS company performing for them all over the world, and is certified to teach for their Educational Outreach Program. Her professional credits also include dancing for Mike Esperanza's BARE Dance Company, Calen Kurka's :pushing progress, and Marlena Wolfe's The Wolfe Project. Jackie worked as a part-time faculty member at Western Michigan University's Department of Dance, and for ten years had taught all over the New York dance scene including being on faculty at Peridance Capezio Center, and guesting at Steps on Broadway and Broadway Dance Center. In Chicago, she is currently on faculty at Visceral Dance Center, Extensions Dance Center, COMMON Conservatory, The Rooted Space, and was a guest faculty at Lou Conte Dance Studio. Jackie’s athletic, daring, and unique approach to movement has also landed her numerous master classes and conventions throughout the United States and even internationally in Rome, Italy. She is on faculty for Celebrity Dance Conventions, Dance Device Lab, Turn it Up Dance Challenge, and Stage Door Workshops, specializing in Contemporary and Improv classes. Jackie is the artistic director of her own contemporary dance company based out of New York and Chicago, NOW Dance Project. Her choreography has been commissioned by numerous colleges, dance companies, studios, and universities including The Ailey School, Elon University, The HARTT School, Salve Regina University, Western Michigan University, Urbanity, the Peridance Certificate Program, and many more. Jackie’s work has received numerous acclamations and awards and was even selected to perform at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, for the American College Dance Association's 2016 National Festival. She also judges for numerous dance competitions in the U.S. and Canada and is a nationally certified personal trainer.
EMILY RAMIREZ grew up in Katy, TX and trained at Adamson Ballet School, High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, and Houston Ballet. As a professional ballerina, she performed with Houston Ballet II, BalletMet and Charlotte Ballet, and on tour at the Joyce Theatre in NYC, the Kennedy Center, and abroad in Germany, France, and Russia. Notable roles include “Sugarplum Fairy” in The Nutcracker, “Black Swan/Odille” in Swan Lake, “Kitri” in Don Quixote, “Alice” in Alice in Wonderland, “Marquis de Merteuil” in Dangerous Liaisons, and principal roles in George Balanchine’s Western Symphony and Tarantella. Having an equal passion for contemporary dance, she's also been featured in works by choreographers such as Twyla Tharp, Dwight Rhoden, Ma Cong, Amy Seiwert, Peter Quanz, Thaddeus Davis, and more. Upon retiring from concert dance, she transitioned into musical theatre. She performed the role of “Meg Giry” on The Phantom Of The Opera Broadway Tour for 2 years. Regional theatre credits include An American in Paris (ballet/pointe feature), Cabaret (Sally Bowles), Addams Family Musical (Morticia Addams), Rock of Ages (Constance Stack/Dance captain). Emily has choreographed for ballet companies, summer intensives, YAGP competitions, regional musicals, weddings, and won the city-wide Columbus Choreography Project. She has published multiple articles in Dance Magazine, and continues to deliver her lecture “The Self-Image Strategy” to pre-professional dancers all over the country. She currently lives in Chicago with her wonderful hubby Chase working as a comedian, writer, actor, and producer. Insta: @emilyramirezcomedy
BRIAN ENOS (He/Him), Originally from San Francisco, CA, is a choreographer, movement coach, and dance educator. His original works have been performed by companies such as Royal New Zealand Ballet, Houston Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Ballet Met, Oklahoma City Ballet, and Nashville Ballet, among others.
Enos is also an accomplished teacher and movement coach who has led master classes and workshops internationally and has been a guest teacher for many professional companies and educational institutions.
As a dancer, Enos danced professionally with The Houston Ballet and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, where he worked with and performed notable works by Ben Stevenson, William Forsyth, Jiří Kylián, Ohad Naharin, Nacho Duato, Twyla Tharp, Johan Inger, Jim Vincent, Lucas Crandall, and many more.
ANNEMARIE CARFAGNINI
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CIERA NOLAN, originally from Lake Zurich, Illinois, graduated from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance, a minor in event management, and a certification in Dance Studio Management. At WMU, Ciera performed in many student works and was a part of the WMU department of dance touring ensemble, Western Dance Project, under the direction of Whitney Moncrief. Additionally, she performed works by guest artists Jackie Nowicki, Mike Esperanza, and Melanie George, as well as faculty members Jeremy Blair, Monique Haley and Kelsey Paschich. During her time at WMU, Ciera represented her class serving on the board of Orchesis Dance Society. She is currently pursuing a career in teaching and choreography. Ciera teaches and choreographs throughout the Chicagoland area and enthusiastically shares her passion of dance with young dancers.
CHLOE HAMILTON
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JEREMY ARNOLD earned his MFA in Dance from the University of Texas at Austin in May 2020. He is an alumnus of the tap program at The School at Jacob’s Pillow under the direction of Michelle Dorrance. Jeremy was a principal dancer with Tapestry Dance Company from 2014 through 2017, performing in the United States and abroad and was and featured in the PBS docuseries Arts In Context. Jeremy has served on the faculty of Temple University and at University of Texas, where from 2015 through 2020 he was a lecturer in the dance department teaching courses in tap, jazz, and music theory. Since 2013, Jeremy has worked with Charles O Anderson’s Dance Theatre X, performing in and choreographing works which premiered at American Dance Festival, New York Live Arts, MANCC at Florida State University, The Fuzebox Festival, and The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. In 2020, he was associate director of and performed in the dance film (Re)current Unrest, described by Sightlines Magazine as a “masterpiece.” Jeremy has served on the faculty of many tap festivals including Soul 2 Soul, Riff, Phoenix Tap Fest, Little Rock Tap Fest, True Sound Rhythm Festival, and SynCoPate. Jeremy recently served as a mentor for the Woodshed Experience – a weeklong tap dance intensive in the mountains. He has taught at Pace University, Wayne State University, University of Alabama as well as internationally in New Zealand and Argentina. He tours nationally with Revive Dance Convention and National Dance Honors. Jeremy is an avid bird watcher having seen 998 species of birds globally. He and his fiancée Melanie enjoy spending time outside with their Sheepadoodle Harriet.