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Jillian Groening

Editorial Advisory Committee, Contributor, Former Engagement Editor

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Jillian Groening is a Winnipeg-based writer, dancer, and performer. Her work has been published

in The Dance Current, Dance International, Format, The Uniter, Noisey, and more. She has been

fortunate to discuss, learn, and grow while working as a written essayist for Young Lungs Dance

Exchange’s Research Series and has received guidance and training while taking part in a

Focussed Mentorship with Jeanne Randolph through MAWA (Mentoring Artists for Women’s

Art). Groening has performed with Jolene Bailie and Gearshifting Performance Works, Marie-

Josée Chartier, Pablo Bronstein through Rosalie Wahlfrid and Plug In ICA, as well as presenting

her own work. She holds a BA(Hons) in dance from the School of Contemporary Dancers in

affiliation with the University of Winnipeg.

Groening was an intern with The Dance Current from September 2014 to December 2016 before

becoming Editorial and Production Manager.

Jillian Groening's Work

From Our Archives

A Second Homecoming for Chan Hon Goh By Jillian Groening Volume 22, Issue 4

Director of Goh Ballet Academy

All Hail the Queen

By Jillian Groening Volume 22, Issue 3

Fly Lady Di recounts her reign from dancing the Macarena to becoming a solo artist.

A Welcome Resistance

For the first time in the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s eighty-five-year history, Indigenous Arts will be programmed continuously throughout the calendar year.

Posted February 27, 2019

Movers

Seeking the swing of a dip By Jillian Groening Volume 22, Issue 1

Nikola Steer

Turn Me Inside Out

Rock Bottom Movement’s fantasylover brandishes a feminist awareness with a self-aware wink By Jillian Groening

fantasylover layers pop culture references and vibrant subversion of fairy tale tropes to create a feminist utopia.

Posted November 23, 2018

Remembering Ola Skanks

Ola Skanks, a pioneering figure in Canada’s early modern dance scene as well as in the development of African diasporic dances, passed away August 18, 2018.

Posted October 16, 2018

What are the complexities of making dance work in late capitalism? Six artists (Mike Prosserman, Dainty Smith, Eroca Nicols, Ming Hon, Laura Elliott and Freya Olafson) speak out about commodification, capital and subverting current economic and political structures.