Jessica Autumn Ziegler is a Brooklyn-based artist, Chicago native, and graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she received her BFA in Dance with highest honors and her 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification under the direction of Linda Lehovec. While in college, she was fortunate to extensively study with and perform in works by Abby Zbikowski, Jennifer Monson, and Kaitlin Fox, among many others. Ziegler received multiple awards in recognition of her overall outstanding achievement in the Department of Dance including the Lisa Carducci Memorial Scholarship, the Courtney B. Kellogg Memorial Scholarship, and the James Scholar Project Grant. More recently, she has danced for Kayt MacMaster, Garnet Henderson, Phoebe Ballard, Audrey Thao Berger, and Lindsey Jennings. Ziegler is an ongoing collaborator with nia love’s UNDERcurrents and Jennifer Monson/iLAND’s move thing, and she has presented her own work at Arts on Site (New York, NY).