Jennifer Wootton Mascall (born December 11, 1952) is a modern dance choreographer, performer, and teacher. After completing a formal training at York University, she went on to work with several dance companies, and as an independent dancer and choreographer in parts of Europe, the U.S and Canada. She is the founder and Artistic Director of Mascall Dance where she teaches and choreographs.
Mascall graduated with a bachelor of fine arts from York University, in 1974. She was a member of the first graduating class of this research-based dance school. She trained formally in many disciplines of human movement. In 1998, under the guidance of Bonnie Bainbridge, Mascall completed certification as a "Body-Mind Centering Practitioner". In 2005 and 2012, she travelled to India to train in Hatha Yoga. Additionally, Mascall trained with Judith Koltai in "authentic movement" and extensively with Linda Putnam of the Evergreen Theatre School. Two of her other modern dance teachers were Twyla Tharp and Merce Cunningham.
Mascall's first work as a choreographer was "Attica", in 1974. During this year, she also initiated GRID, a dance company in Downtown Toronto which put on productions at specific sites throughout the city; these performances highlighted the environments in which they occurred.
Mascall went on to perform with Douglas Dunn's Lazy Madge company in 1977 and 1978. She participated in the first Canadian National Choreographic Seminar: an event hosted by Grant Strate, in 1978. Additionally during this period, she worked independently as a solo dancer and choreographer in Canada, the US and parts of Europe.
In 1979, Mascall collected and published "Footnotes". The work was produced and bound independently as a sampler of wide-ranging choreographic notation methods and voices of the period. In 1980, Jennifer headed to Vancouver and joined the Paula Ross Dance Company
Mascall, along with six other innovative choreographers founded the collective EDAM (Experimental Dance and Music), in 1982. This Vancouver-based dance school continues today and is committed to the investigation of movement itself as an expressive art form.