Chloe Jensen (she/they) founded Aerial Dance Chicago in 1999 to explore a vision of taking dance into flight.

Chloe studied dance in the College of Performing Arts at Northern Illinois University, earning a specialized bachelors degree combining dance, education, and physical education. Chloe continued to study dance, kinesiology, and choreography in graduate school at Arizona State University, where they were on faculty teaching ballet and acrobatic dance.

From 1998 to the present, Chloe has choreographed over 90 original works, ranging from purely ground-based to taking place 40 feet in the air suspended from the mast of a sailboat. Presented to national and international audiences, Chloe’s choreography has been described as exquisite, poetic and has been critically acclaimed for its inventive ideas and strong sense of visual drama. In 2017 Chloe was presented with a Meier Achievement Award for their unique contributions to the field of dance.

In addition to performing for ADC, Chloe has been a dancer for The Lyric Opera of Chicago and for an original trampoline-ballet by Cirque du Soleil choreographer Debra Brown.

Chloe is grateful to all those in the studios, on the stage and behind the scenes for keeping the arts alive and thriving all around us.