Deborah Jinza Thayer

Deborah Jinza Thayer is an American choreographer, dancer, and artistic director, located in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

[1][2][4][7][8] Jinza Thayer presents her work as Movement Architecture,[8] and serves as the company’s artistic director and primary choreographer.

[1][14] In 2023, Jinza Thayer was a Visiting Artist at MANCC, Florida State University School of Dance.

In 2012, Jinza Thayer and Rebecca Surmont were eating together at an outdoor restaurant in St. Paul, Minnesota, when a car crashed into the bistro.

Jinza Thayer suffered several injuries, including a partially collapsed lung, cracked vertebrae, and fractured ribs.