Jennifer Essex works as a choreographer, dancer, and teacher. She has developed movement for innovative projects including a stop-motion film for French fashion house Hermes, an interactive video with the award-winning team from Studio Murmur, and a “choreophonic prosthetic” with high tech designer Di Mainstone. Her work has been recognised by support from the Canada Council for the Arts and Arts Council England among others. Jennifer has performed in the feature films Anna Karenina and Les Miserables and in adverts for Hermes and Honda as well as touring internationally in works by choreographers including Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Liam Steel, and Luca Silvestrini. She is a Senior Lecturer in Dance and Performing Arts at Teesside University.