Jacinda Ratcliffe

CMC Manager

Contemporary

Tuesday 11:45am-1:15pm

This high energy class draws from an amalgamation of vocabularies including ballet, strength-based modern, release-based modern, commercial jazz, and dance theater. Class will begin with a warm-up and conditioning, followed by center work and across the floor. It will culminate in a combination that gives space for personal exploration and individual artistic expression.

A recipient of the 2021 Make a Wave grant through 3Arts, Jacinda Ratcliffe is an ensemble member with Lucky Plush Productions and a freelance dancer, actor, choreographer, and movement director. She graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in Dance and Psychology. Upon graduating, she trained on scholarship at Lou Conte Dance Studio under Claire Bataille, and has received additional training through intensives at The Washington School of Ballet, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. In her time on scholarship, she danced as an apprentice with Project Bound Dance in addition to working freelance throughout Chicago. Notable roles include leading role of Lucifer in Striding Lion Performance Group’s production of The Great and Terrible Doctor Faustus as well as the titular role in Frankenstein AI: A Monster Made By Many which premiered at Sundance Film Festival.

She is a former company dancer with Winifred Haun & Dancers and is currently on faculty at The Actor’s Gymnasium. In addition to performing, she has choreographed several theatre productions in Chicago including The Ode at Pint's End (Birch House Immersive), and Laced (About Face Theatre) for which she was also Assistant Director. She served as Movement Director of the Griffin Theatre's Jeff-nominated production of Mlima's Tale as well as the Court Theatre's Jeff-nominated production of The Island. Recently, she co-choreographed and performed in the four-person cast of GET OUT ALIVE for which she received a Jeff-Nomination for choreography.

More information at jacindaratcliffe.com