A full-time writer and editor based in Boulder, Colorado, Jenna Blumenfeld has been a member of the AscenDance Project since 2012. While she's only recently a rock climber, her background is steeped in ballet and modern dance. She started her dance education at the New England Academy of Dance based in New Canaan, Connecticut, and later studied under Elizabeth Shea, Laura Poole and Roberta Wong at Indiana University, performing works such as Paul Taylor's Aureole, Martha Graham's Panorama and Anna Sokolow's Rooms. She later performed with Thomas/Ortiz Dance in New York City before moving to Boulder to pursue greater heights with the AscenDance Project.