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Adrienne Hawkins
Faculty, Jazz
Ms. Hawkins holds a BA in Education from Arizona State University and a MFA in Dance from Connecticut College. Ms Hawkins is Artistic Director of Impulse Dance Company of Boston, which has been in existence for over thirty-five years.  Impulse Dance has toured extensively in the United States and abroad.

In addition to creating dances for Impulse Dance Company, Ms. Hawkins has set choreography on the National Ballet of Iceland, Ballet Plus, Dance Express in Denmark, Northwest Florida Ballet, and the Portland Ballet.  In addition to owning her own studio for over 10 years, Ms. Hawkins has been a guest teacher for Boston University, Boston Conservatory, Harvard University, University of the Arts, UMass Amherst, Mt. Holyoke and Stonehill College to name a few. Ms. Hawkins has won numerous choreographic awards; in addition to her concert work has choreographed rock musicals, music videos, commercials, and industrials.  Ms Hawkins has been a guest teacher/performer in, Japan, France, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, Northern Ireland, Caribbean, Iceland, Germany and through out the USA in Festivals such as The Harvard summer Dance Program and The American Dance Festival in Connecticut, North Carolina and Japan.