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Jacob Taylor received his formative training at Boulder Ballet School and in the summer programs of American Ballet Theater, The School of American Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Kaatsbaan, and Perry Mansfield. Mr. Taylor is a graduate of the Ballet Performance Program at Indiana University, where he was coached by Violette Verdy and Michael Vernon....Read more
Jacob Taylor received his formative training at Boulder Ballet School and in the summer programs of American Ballet Theater, The School of American Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Kaatsbaan, and Perry Mansfield. Mr. Taylor is a graduate of the Ballet Performance Program at Indiana University, where he was coached by Violette Verdy and Michael Vernon. At IU, he performed in works by George Balanchine, Martha Graham, Agnes de Mille, Dwight Rhoden, Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, and Antony Tudor.
His professional performance career includes dancing for such companies as Boulder Ballet, Christopher Caines Dance, Eglevsky Ballet, FJK Dance, Indianapolis Ballet, Ithaca Ballet, New Jersey Ballet, and Thomas Ortiz Dance. Mr. Taylor has taught for Peridance Capezio Center, Brooklyn Ballet, Colorado Ballet Academy, New Haven Ballet, Ridgefield School of Dance, Warwick Center for the Performing Arts and 92NY.
He has been commissioned to choreograph new works for Boulder Ballet, Colorado Ballet Academy, JacoTayl Dance!, New England Ballet Theatre, IU Opera Theatre, SoCal Choreography Festival, and Philadelphia Ballet. You can follow his artistic journey on IG at @jacotayl
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