2025 Resident Artists

Jenna Riegel - July 20th-27th

Jenna Riegel is a performing artist and movement educator. As the second oldest of eight children, she thrives on the energy and dynamism of collective and collaborative decision making and creating. Growing up in rural Fairfield, Iowa, Jenna’s deep dive into formal training in dance took place while obtaining her M.F.A. in Dance Performance from the University of Iowa, where she met her lifelong friend and artistic colleague, Anna Adams Stark. Upon graduation they took the big leap of faith and moved to New York City to pursue their romantic notions of living as ‘starving artists.’ During this time Jenna toured and performed nationally and internationally as a company member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, David Dorfman Dance, Alexandra Beller/ Dances, Bill Young/ Colleen Thomas & Company, among others.

Early on in her years of working professionally, Jenna developed an itch to begin teaching dance. Her first classes were often taught to a room of one or two eager and willing students. Over time, more and more wonderful folks began taking her class, one of which was the beautiful Thryn Saxon. Since then she has been on faculty at Barnard College, The Juilliard School and Virginia Commonwealth University and at the American Dance Festival and the Bates Dance Festival. Jenna is currently an Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance at Amherst College. She is so grateful to Dale and Thryn for this special opportunity to be in Homeport!

While pole dance has become most of their identity, Olivia Moon is also a photographer, sock-lover, martini enthusiast, princess, and simp. Based in Boston, Olivia is curious about pushing boundaries and buttons of all sorts; WBUR named her as one of 15 artists of color making an impact in Boston. It’s the closest to 30 under 30 she’ll ever get. With movement and visual arts as vehicles, Olivia finds nourishment beyond herself where weightlessness meets seemingly impossible feats. Through an experimental approach to pole dance, they use the pole as a vessel for exploring genderless sensuality and creating flows and shapes that are open to interpretation. Currently, Olivia is exploring collaborative group pole installations and trying to stay afloat.