Earlier this year, Jennifer Archibald was pictured on the cover of Dance Magazine, America’s most prestigious journal for professional dancers and choreographers. That’s a huge deal. Plenty of choreographers whom you’ve heard of, even if you don’t pay attention to dance, have never made it to the cover of Dance.
Now, just months later, Archibald is sitting in her new office at the University of South Florida in Tampa, where she’s the newest addition to the faculty of the School of Dance and Theater.
Casual fans may not understand what a huge deal this is for USF and for Tampa. Archibald is recognized internationally as a revolutionary figure in the dance. Her work spans and combines everything from hip-hop to ballet. Her USF colleagues can barely contain their excitement that they get to work alongside her every day…