Jenny works as a director and movement specialist in the UK and internationally.
Work as director includes: La Cenerentola (English Touring Opera); Spell Book and La liberazione di Ruggiero…(Longborough Festival Opera); The Burning Fiery Furnace (Scottish Opera); Dr Angelus (Finborough Theatre). Movement or Associate direction in opera includes: Lear (Hannover State Opera); Street Scene(s) (Paris Opera); Sonntag aus Licht (Le Balcon, Philharmonie de Paris); Carmen (Scottish Opera); Il Piccolo Principe (La Scala); Orlando (Oper Frankfurt); Greek (Hannover State Opera, Opera Ventures at Edinburgh International Festival, Scottish Opera and BAM, New York); The Marriage of Figaro (Wuppertal Opera House, ENO); The Cunning Little Vixen (production nominated for an Olivier Award, ENO, Canadian Opera Company); Orlando (world premiere, Vienna State Opera); Don Giovanni (Nevill Holt Opera); The Return of Ulysses, La Traviata (Longborough Festival Opera); The Turn of the Screw (ENO, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Aldeburgh Festival); Lucia di Lammermoor (Buxton International Festival). Movement or Associate direction in theatre includes: The Fifth Step, Midsummer (National Theatre of Scotland); Crave, Plenty (Chichester Festival Theatre); Vassa (Almeida Theatre); Hobson’s Choice (Royal Exchange, Manchester); hang, Rutherford and Son, Love and Information (Sheffield Crucible); Absolute Hell (National Theatre); B (Royal Court); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Young Vic).
After early years of dance training, Jenny studied modern languages at university and then trained as an actor. After a decade working in the industry, she brought together her love of movement and dance and her experience as a performer and completed an MA in Movement Studies at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She now works as a director, movement specialist and trusted co-collaborator across the live arts. jennyogilvie.com