Jane Comfort of Oak Ridge, Tennessee is an American choreographer, director, and dancer.
She is the founder and artistic director of Jane Comfort and Company based in New York, NY.
After two years in the Peace Corps in Venezuela, she moved to New York and began studying with Merce Cunningham.
She performed with a number of downtown choreographers, including David Gordon, Dana Reitz, Kenneth King, and Jamie Cunningham, before founding her own company in 1978.
Her past collaborators include Tigger Benford, Arthur Elgort, Carl Hancock Rux, Joan La Barbara, Steve Miller, Toshi Reagon, Keith Sonnier, DJ Spooky, and puppeteer Basil Twist.