Jerboa Dance

History

Established in 2003.

Jerboa Dance is a Seattle-​based 501©(3) non-​profit performance dance company formed in 2003 by Christina Johnson, Anna Percival, and Jaime Waliczek. The company premiered its first works in June of that year and has since gone on to produce 4 successful full-​length shows, a cabaret, and numerous guest performances.

Christina’s and Jaime’s unique backgrounds and styles of dance provided Seattle audiences with an eclectic mix of choreography and dancing until Christina’s departure for New York in 2005. Jaime joined Christina in New York for the 2007 season before returning to Seattle to choreograph for several more years. Jerboa Dance had been on hiatus from 2012 – 2015, and is excited to be preparing the 2016 season.

Jerboa Dance strives to offer other local choreographers and dancers opportunities to show their works. Most of all, the company hopes to use their knowledge and passion for dance to educate and entertain the community.

Meet the Manager

Jaime W.

Manager

Jaime took dance classes growing up in Chicago at Gus Giordano and Studio Two while doing competitive gymnastics. She continued her training at University of Illinois, Urbana-​Champaign. After moving to Seattle, Jaime performed with the Eastside Moving Company from 2000 – 2002, working with people like Deborah Wolf and Wade Madsen, and choreographed a modern piece for them which whetted her appetite to do choreography. After that, Jaime danced with Fusion Dance, Better Biscuit, XODO, Unexpected, R Dance, and Seattle Jazz along with DASS Dance and the Seattle Opera, as dance captain. She began the University of Washington master’s program in Nutrition in 2006, and has enjoyed working with some new people in the dance program at UW. In addition to her work with Jerboa Dance, Jaime’s choreography has been shown in the DUMBO festival, the Cool NY festival, DNA Works in Progress