Jennifer Winkelman has earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance from the Conservatory of Dance at the University of Missouri - Kansas City.  She also owned and operated Dancenter and Spotlight Dance Wear from 1993-1999, founded Encore Dance Company in 1993 which has toured the local schools numerous times, and worked with​ the Moscow Ballet in 2007 in their Nutcracker Performance. She frequents many workshops including: Tremaine, St. Louis Tap Dance Festival, Dupree, I Love Dance, Spotlight Dance Competitions, Dance Makers, Dance Olympus, City Slicker Stomp, and American College Dance Festivals. She has also studied Ballroom Dance at Studio B in Columbia, Missouri.

                  She choreographed Lady Pirates of Captain Bree as well as some choreography in M*A*S*H. Both produced by the Jefferson City Home Educators. She enjoyed choreographing for the Stain Glass Theater in Jefferson City as well as barn dance calling for the fiddle camp Pluck, Box, and Strum. In the summer of 2013-2015 and 2021, she was the "D" in the Music, Art, and Dance Camp (MAD Camp) and taught Western European Folk Dance, Asian Dance, and Indian Dances. She has been teaching for over 30 years and has been dancing for 40+ years.

                 Along with dance, Jennifer Winkelman has been playing violin/viola for 36+ years and instructing for 15+ years. Her experience includes Jefferson City Symphony, on scholarship with the Southwest Missouri University Symphony, and studies under Tiberius Klausner. When she's not dancing or making music, she is training dogs at MidMo Dog Training or selling Real Estate for RE/MAX Jefferson City.