Cynthia Hennessy was born in St. Petersburg and has rarely sat still since. She swam, walked, and then danced, in that order. For mutual survival her loving parents wisely focused her abundant energy by enrolling her in dance classes by age eight. By age twelve through high school she performed with the St. Petersburg Concert Ballet, and then went on to Florida State University, earning a BFA in Dance. Cindy worked extensively with her mentor, the late Barton Mumaw, principal dancer for Ted Shawn, reconstructing select Shawn pieces and exploring the influence of Delsarte movement principals. She is continuously studying, and has participated in numerous workshops over the years. In the last 10 years she has focused on Skinner Releasing and improvisation, earning her Skinner Releasing Teacher Certification. Ms. Hennessy is one of the 1997 founders of Moving Current Dance Collective which has to date, produced over 70 full concerts, presenting local and national choreographers, dancers, musicians, poets, actors, and visual artists.

Moving Current (www.movingcurrent.com) produces her dances in three concert series per year in Tampa, and in Repertory concerts throughout the state. Also with Moving Current she conducts residencies at colleges, festivals and public schools. Ms. Hennessy's work has been seen at University of Tampa, Florida Dance Festivals, the Southeastern Regional College Dance Festival, First Night celebrations, Blake High School, as a part of the Vision’s of Peace Project in Paris, France, Lisbon, Portugal, Byron Carlyle Theater and Colony Theater in Miami, Willow Theater in Boca Raton, in St. Petersburg at the Palladium Theater, the 2010 production of HAIR for American Stage in the Park, and at Hillsborough Community College, Tampa. She has been teaching and choreographing at St. Petersburg College since 1982 and has taught and choreographed as an Adjunct Teacher at Eckerd College and the University of South Florida.

This year marks the sixth year that she has been commissioned by the Arts Council of Hillsborough County to teach and create projects for Forever Moving Dancers, a group of seniors 54 and up. In 2002 Cynthia was voted Best Choreographer by the Weekly Planet, she received an Individual Artist Grant from the Arts Council of Hillsborough County in 2005, honored as 2006 Tampa Bay Treasured Artist of the Year and in 2007 was awarded an Individual Artist fellowship by the Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs. Ms. Hennessy serves as a member of the Artist Advisory Committee for the Arts Council of Hillsborough County and on the board of the Florida Dance Association. Cynthia's greatest award has been the privilege of working with many dedicated teachers, students, professional dancers and artists, who have given many hours of their talent to her creative endeavors. She is grateful for all that she has learned from them.