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Biography
Jaclyn Gailit-Lutz has been involved with the arts since she was a small child and has many
qualifications to instruct the art of dance. During her junior year of high school, she knew she wanted to pursue a career
in the dance field. To gain more stage experience, Jaclyn performed in the musicals "Oklahoma" and "Guys and
Dolls" at Loyalsock Township High School. She was also involved with dance competitions such as "Funfest" in
Hazelton, PA and "Starquest" in Cherry Hill, NJ. Jaclyn was the recipient of the Suzette Lynn Bierman-Bedford Memorial
Award her senior year at Loyalsock Township High School. Not only did she earn this award for her artistic and theatrical
abilities, but also for her hard work and motivation.
In 1997, Jaclyn attended Kutztown University of Pennsylvania,
where she had an outstanding creative experience. In 2001, she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Related Arts/Dance.
During her freshman year, Jaclyn became a member of Kutztown University's dance company, the Performing Dance Portmanteau.
She pursued the company for four years under the direction of Professor Joyce Campbell. While in the company, Jaclyn created
a few major works of choreography, including her senior show, "The Circus of Life," and reconstructed Anton Dolin's
19th century ballet, "Pas de Quatre." Jaclyn was Treasurer of the dance company in 1999-2000 and President of the
company in 2000-2001. In addition to choreographing for the company, Jaclyn also created twenty or more dances in her
technique classes during her four years of college. Some of these dances were performed in Kutztown University's Fall Student
Dance Concerts under the direction of Dr. Leslie Netting. Jaclyn received the Deane Lenhart Memorial Award her senior year
of college. Deane Lenhart was the founder of the dance company, and the award was given out to one senior member who showed
outstanding creativity and took that "extra step."
Jaclyn's dance education not only consisted of many
technique and choreography classes, but she was also enrolled in courses such as Dance History, Musical Theater, Dance Production,
Conditioning for Dancers, Dance Alignment, and Senior Seminar. She also took an Independent Study in which she was an Assistant
to her Ballet Professor, Joyce Campbell.
During college, Jaclyn attended master classes at Kutztown University
given by MOMIX, the Martha Graham Company, Mark Morris Company, and the David Parsons Company to name a few. Her senior year,
she had the opportunity to work with a professional modern dancer/teacher, Columbine Macher, from the Limon Institute who
choreographed for "PDP."
Not only did her college education involve dance, she also had two supplemental
areas in Music and Visual Arts. In Music, she completed courses in Piano, Voice, Music History and Music Theory. In Visual
Arts, she completed classes in Drawing, Crafts (Wood, Metals, Ceramics), Art History and Art Criticism. Being educated in
these areas has enhanced Jaclyn's ability to choreograph and understand her art to the fullest.
After college graduation,
Jaclyn taught and choreographed at Turning Pointe Dance in Williamsport, PA, with her mother, Diane Gailit for two years.
When her mother moved to Florida in November 2004, Jaclyn took over the studio responsibilites. Currently, Jaclyn is the Artistic
Director and Owner of Turning Pointe School of Ballet (Formerly known as Turning Pointe Dance).
On Sunday,
February 7, 2010, Jaclyn choreographed and performed an original dance piece for the Gazebo Dedication at the James V. Brown
Library. The dedication of the gazebo was commissioned in loving memory of Lt. Colonel Clarence Edward Bierman and Suzette
Lynn Bierman Bedford. A warm thank you to Marguerite Bierman!
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