About Shayla-Vie

Shayla-Vie Jenkins is a Philadelphia-based performer, maker, educator, poetry lover, writer, and mama. She is Rehearsal Director and Artistic Associate of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, where she spent a decade as a company member. She has worked with Bebe Miller, Faye Driscoll, Okwui Okpokwasili, and Moriah Evans, among others. Jenkins has taught at American Dance Festival and Bates Dance Festival and held faculty and artistic leadership positions at the University of the Arts and Bennington College. She received the 2025 Viola Farber Award for performance and a 2023 Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Project Grant for her choreography.