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Jaune Buisson
Sometimes credited as: Jaune Buisson Hebert
Vocal Range: Soprano · Height: 5'5 · Weight: 100 · Hair Color: Brown · Eye Color: Brown · Hometown: New Orleans · High School: Mt. Carmel · College: B.A. in Drama and Communications; University of New Orleans · Occupation: Artistic Director - Metropolitan Dance Theatre
Jaune Buisson Hebert is celebrating her sixth year as the director of Metropolitan Dance Theatre. She works professionally throughout the Greater New Orleans area as a dancer, choreographer and performer for conventions, theatre and industrials.
Most recently, she choreographed "Some Enchanted Evening" at Southern Repertory Theatre and "Seussical the Musical" ...Read More
Jaune Buisson Hebert is celebrating her sixth year as the director of Metropolitan Dance Theatre. She works professionally throughout the Greater New Orleans area as a dancer, choreographer and performer for conventions, theatre and industrials.
Most recently, she choreographed "Some Enchanted Evening" at Southern Repertory Theatre and "Seussical the Musical" at Six Flags New Orleans. She received her second Big Easy Entertainment Award for her choreography of "Smokey Joe's Cafe" for the Jefferson Performing Arts Society and "Little Shop of Horrors" at Rivertown Repertory Theatre. She has served as the resident choreographer for Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre 's Corner Theatre where she staged the award-winning "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown", "Schoolhouse Rock Live!", "Cinderella", "HONK!" , "Free to Be...You and Me", "Bye, Bye Birdie" and "Snoopy!" For the Le Petit Mainstage, she choreographed the local hits “Grease” and “Five Guys Named Moe” which received a Big Easy Entertainment Award for best choreography.
Coming from a family of dancers, Jaune grew up dancing in her mother’s dance studio and began her teaching there. She went on to receive top awards in competition being named the American Dance Team School solo winner and the Overture to the Cultural Season dance scholarship. She moved to Metropolitan Dance Theatre as a student to advance her training and was invited to join the faculty. She served as the lowerschool instructor for several years for before changing duties as director of the school.
One of her teaching highlights was working as the dance clinician with Tony Award winner Chita Rivera and Emmy Award winning choreographer Dee Dee Wood for the Jefferson Parish Gifted and Talented Theatre Workshops. Additionally, She has taught throughout Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Mississippi as a dance instructor and adjunctor for the National Dance Association.
Her performance credits include the Superbowl XXXI Halftime Show, "Hello Dolly!", "Anything Goes", "Cinderella", "Chicago", "Leader of the Pack", "George M!", “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” all at Le Petit , "The Will Rogers Follies" with Tulane Summer Lyric and performances with the Jefferson Performing Arts Society, Rivertown Repertory and UNO. She has a B.A. in Drama and Communications from the University of New Orleans and teaches dance at Metairie Park Country Day School.
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