I am a director, choreographer and teacher. I founded The Outlaw Style Thrance Company in 1987.  I produced, directed and choreographed in the Boston area until 1997 and then re-formed my company in Los Angeles.

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"Since 1998, movement maverick Jessica Schroeder has evolved a self-defined aesthetic in her own Outlaw Style Thrance Company. The iconoclastic collaborative discipline inverts, and reinvents traditional dance and acting techniques in whole-hearted, imaginative ways." - LA Times

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"Schroeder’s choreography is superb, never self-conscious but always original, even as she appropriates popular dance and ballet moves. Above all, she finds the narrative line in the choreography." 
- Backstage West

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In 2009 I came back East and became a mom. As I participated in various play groups and dance/movement/music classes with my daughter, I realized that, with my experience and skills, I could create something different and unique for children. 

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I have now been teaching Thrance classes and workshops for toddlers to 12 year olds since 2013. I have taught my classes within programs (Salem YMCA Early Learning Center, Malden Recreation,  Malden Coordinated Family & Community Engagement), in schools (The Rockland Montesorri Academy, Metro North Children's Learning Center) as well as independently.