Jennifer Reilly (MADCO Rehearsal Director) is a graduate of Lindenwood University in St. Louis and holds degrees in Dance, Math and Secondary Education. In 2001, she danced with Taylor 2 in Esplanade and later that year joined MADCO. She was appointed the company’s Rehearsal Director in 2004. Ms. Reilly has extensive training in ballet and modern and is an accomplished performer, choreographer and teacher. MADCO holds four of her works in its current repertoire, and she played a major role in the creation of the company’s full-length production of Chimera. She has recently served as a guest artist at State University of New York in Fredonia and as a workshop teacher at Walt Disney World in Orlando. In addition, she is co-owner and Associate Artistic Director of Midwest Dance Academy where she and MADCO’s Todd Weeks have founded the Metro Dance Company, a pre-professional not-for-profit dance company.