Jenelle Rouse

Jenelle Rouse is a self-taught Deaf artist working in movement and dance, passionately living her dream as a kindergarten teacher in London, Ontario. In 2006, she became involved in Picasso Pro, an organization dedicated to facilitating opportunities for artists with disabilities and Deaf artists in performing and media arts, and performed in live artworks since 2010: Talking Movement (dancer); Withered Tree; (choreographer and dancer); and Perceptions; (choreographer and dancer). She also performed in a short dance film, Perceptions (2015). When she’s not teaching, studying, researching, or dancing, Rouse enjoys travelling, drawing, writing, nature walks, and reading.

London/Toronto, Canada