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Jenefer is a native of Detroit and has been performing, teaching, directing, and choreographing professionally for over 25 years. She holds a BA in the Performing Arts from Oakland University and a MAEd from the University of Phoenix. She is the co-founder of Tap 24.7, and appeared on stage with Scuff’d Up, Especially Tap Chicago, Dance Chicago, Detroit Tap Festival, Sesame Street Live, and was featured on TV by Your Life A to Z and Phoenix 3TV. Jen has worked with legends such as Savion Glover, Ben Vereen, Debbie Allen, Jimmy Slyde, Dianne Walker, Barbara Duffy, Professor Robert Reed, and Heather Cornell, and the Nicholas Brothers. Directing and choreographic credits include: American College Dance Festival, Tap 24.7, 13 the Musical, Hairspray, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof, How to Succeed, Seussical the Musical, and many more. Faculty credits include the Motor City Tap Fest, The St. Louis Tap Festival, Circle City Tap Fest, The Las Vegas Tap Festival, Nexus Dance Conventions, Tap Into the Network, and more.
Recently, Jenefer was awarded prestigious Oakland University MaTilDa Award for Alumni Lifetime Achievement in Dance, was a finalist for the Ahwatukee Chamber’s Educational Mentor of the Year and Phoenix Best Teachers, and has won numerous inspirational awards including one from former Governor John Engler of Michigan.
Founder of JMill Productions, Jenefer produces Just West of Broadway and The Phoenix Tap Festival.