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Jenny Leigh via email with any inquiries.
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Jenny Leigh Du Puis is a PhD Candidate in Apparel Design at Cornell University, where she is combining her extensive professional career as a circus and theatrical costume designer and technician with her formal training in functional apparel design. Her dissertation research centers on the safety and function of attire worn for the extreme physical performance of circus arts. She uses mixed methods and design research practices to explore the history of circus costume, investigate the clothing designed and worn for today's circus performances, and develop ways to improve training clothes for the circus artists of tomorrow.
Jenny Leigh has worked with such companies and organizations as Cirque Us, Circus Smirkus, Circus Couture, Circus Culture, Circus Juventas, Sunset Circus, and Cirque du Soleil's KÀ, as well as the Las Vegas productions of Monty Python's Spamalot and Rock of Ages, and the 2007 touring production of Hairspray! The Musical. She has designed costumes and accessories for many philanthropic organizations and events, and regularly works with freelance clients. |
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Besides her dissertation studies, her research projects include fit and function in children's cloth face masks and an ongoing role as apparel designer and technician for an interdisciplinary group researching flexible fiber optic sensors in sports apparel. She has experience as a Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant for both in-person and virtual projects and undergraduate classes. Her research interests include functional apparel design, practice-led and practice-based design research, performance costume history, wearable electronics, the integration of contemporary technologies with traditional handcraft techniques, auto- and ethnographic study of the circus community, and socio-cultural studies of dress.
Jenny Leigh is a dedicated team member with strong leadership skills, and excels in the development and execution of projects with particular strengths in writing and application of theory, models, and frameworks. Additional skillsets include curating exhibitions, interviewing and moderating panel discussions, survey development, focus groups, project management, presentations, public speaking, and planning for large-scale in-person and virtual events.
Jenny Leigh is a dedicated team member with strong leadership skills, and excels in the development and execution of projects with particular strengths in writing and application of theory, models, and frameworks. Additional skillsets include curating exhibitions, interviewing and moderating panel discussions, survey development, focus groups, project management, presentations, public speaking, and planning for large-scale in-person and virtual events.