[3][4] Her honors and grants include a New York Dance & Performance Award for her performance in Meredith Monk’s "The Politics of Quiet" and the Lester Horton Award for Choreography in Los Angeles.
She has performed in various locations such as, NY Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, The Fund for US Artists at International Festivals, the U.S. State Department, Asian Cultural Council, The Trust for Mutual Understanding, UNESCO, US Embassies in Moscow, Jakarta, and Dakar, and a commission for the interdisciplinary work, "The Memory Project", from the Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris.
She received her MFA degree in Dance from the Hollins University/ADF graduate program in 2009.
In May 2006, Janis was inducted into the Farmingdale High School "Wall of Fame" on Long Island as an honored alumna.
[11] She was also a co-choreographer for Michael Moschen, a soloist with Annabelle Gamson's company performing historic repertory of Mary Wigman, Isadora Duncan, and others (1984–87), and a soloist with the Murray Louis Dance Company working with Rudolf Nureyev, Plácido Domingo, Dave Brubeck Quartet, Joseph Papp, Batsheva Dance Company in Israel and Alwin Nikolais (1977–84).