Rate My Professor Jennifer Pontius

At Sam Houston State University, Pontius has contributed extensively to the department's productions through original choreography and staging of classical repertory. Her choreographic works include Pas de Ducks: The True Story of the Ugly Duckling (2018, Gaertner Performing Arts Center Dance Theater), Frivolities (2017), Pas de Six (2015), Impressions (2014), Cerulean Sea Creatures and La Sylphide (2012), In Character (2011), Vientos Verdes (2010 and earlier), Hesperios (2009), Ocean (2007), Roses (2006, premiere 2004), In Time (2005, adjudicated at the American College Dance Festival), Dreams (2002), The Secret (2003), and Ensemble! (2003), among others presented in Dance Spectrum concerts at the University Theatre Center. She has also staged classical pieces such as The Peasant Pas de Deux from Giselle, Pas de Quatre, and Act I of Giselle (2002 and 2008). Pontius has directed rehearsals for The Nutcracker (2006, 1999) and Cinderella (2001), managing divertissements including the Snow Scene, Waltz of the Flowers, and Grand Pas de Deux. During her time at Florida State University from 1994 to 1996, she participated in diverse original choreography and repertory reconstructions.