Special Workshop: Gaga/people | Artist
Originally from Ames, Iowa, Bobbi Jene Smith is an alumnus of The Juilliard School, University of North Carolina School of the Arts (formally North Carolina School of the Arts), and The Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. From 2005-2014, Smith was a member of the Batsheva Dance Company under the Artistic Direction of Ohad Naharin. Smith has worked and collaborated with a variety of artists around the world including Ohad Naharin, Sharon Eyal, Celia Rowlson-Hall, Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, and Martha Clarke. Smith is a certified Gaga teacher and has taught the repertory of Ohad Naharin in school and universities around the U.S. since 2005. Smith is in constant process with her three most recent works, A Study on Effort, Harrowing, and Arrowed. Learn more about Bobbi Jene Smith.