Jill Hertzog

Jill grew up right outside of Boston, and joined the Cavod Team after moving to Lancaster County in 2015 with her husband Joel who pastors a local church. Jill and Joel are passionate about ministry and have 2 young boys. Jill graduated from Roger Williams University with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance/Performance Studies and Secondary Education. She trained under Kelli Wicke-Davis and the Roger Williams faculty. During her collegiate studies she had the incredible opportunity to work with a variety of well-known artists from the New York area and beyond including: Sean Curran, Neta Pulvermacher, Jenny Rocha, Tiffany Mills, Carl Flink (Limon Dance Company) and Jennifer Conley (Martha Graham Dance Company). Post college she performed for dance companies throughout the Northeast including: Dendron Dance Company, Voices of Hope, Navarasa Dance Theatre, and Audra Carabetta Company. Jill co-directed Awakening Youth Dance Company in 2008-2010, and founded/directed Agape Dance Theatre in 2012-2015. She had the amazing opportunity to launch several original productions partnering with Vineyard Community Church of the greater Boston area, her favorite production being “Every Captive Free”, an original show based on a woman’s true story of human trafficking and how Jesus brought her to a place of freedom and redemption. Since joining Cavod, Jill has had the honor of directing the dance department and Citylight Dance Theatre (formerly Cavod Dance Company). She is passionate about how this ministry has a vision to use the artistry of dance to give God the glory. She has played a large role in fostering discipleship among the dance company, and has loved being able to grow as a choreographer creating dozens of original pieces while serving as artistic director. Jill predominantly teaches and choreographs modern or contemporary dance work, but has trained in many other dance genres, gymnastics, yoga, and acrobatics. Jill has always had a passion for dance, but her number one love is sharing the hope of Jesus with others. She believes the performing arts is a powerful tool to share this hope. Prior to becoming part of Cavod, Jill served as the Director of Children’s, Youth, & Arts Ministry at Vineyard Community Church in the Boston area, she was a preschool teacher for three years, and also taught dance at performing arts centers and schools all over Massachusetts. In the summer of 2012 and 2013 she traveled to Haiti to teach modern and worship dance while sharing the gospel. Jill is always striving to grow as an artist and teacher, and her desire is to instill the joy of artistic movement in others, while serving Jesus with her life and the gifts he has graciously given her.