Drew Jacoby

Drew Jacoby (born September 2, 1984) is an American contemporary ballet dancer. As of 2020, she is a principal dancer of Royal Ballet of Flanders.[1]

Drew Jacoby
Born (1984-09-02) September 2, 1984
Boise, Idaho, US
Years active2002-present
Current groupRoyal Ballet of Flanders
Former groupsAlonzo King LINES Ballet
Nederlands Dans Theater

Early life

Jacoby was born in Boise, Idaho in 1984. She trained at the School of American Ballet, the San Francisco Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet.[1]

Career

In 2002, at age 17, Jacoby joined Alonzo King LINES Ballet in San Francisco, at the invitation of Alonzo King.[2] While at the Lines Ballet, Jacoby became a principal dancer and had numerous original works created on her by King.[3] In 2005, she joined Sylvie Guillem's Japan tour, which she danced with dancers from The Royal Ballet and Paris Opera Ballet.[4]

In 2007 she moved to New York City to begin her freelance career,[5] and market herself independently from a ballet company.[6] In 2008, she formed an independent dance duo Jacoby & Pronk with Complexions Contemporary Ballet dancer Rubinald Pronk. The dual has danced with Dutch National Ballet and Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company.[4][7]

Jacoby danced with Nederlands Dans Theater from 2012 to 2015.[4] Her partnership with Pronk therefore ended.[8] She joined the Royal Ballet of Flanders as a principal dancer in 2015, where she danced works by Pina Bausch, William Forsythe and Maurice Béjart, and worked with choreographers such as Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Jonah Bokaer.[1][4] In 2019, Jacoby returned to the US to perform at Maria Kochetkova's solo program, Catch Her If You Can at the Joyce Theater. The program also featured works choreographed by Jacoby, danced by herself and Kochetkova.[9]

Selected repertory

Jacoby's repertory with the Royal Ballet of Flanders includes:[1]

  • Café Müller (Pina Bausch)
  • Approximate Sonata (William Forsythe)
  • The Sleeping Beauty (Marcia Haydée after Marius Petipa): Lilac Fairy
  • Boléro (Maurice Béjart): Melody

Created roles
  • Requiem (Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui)
  • The Nutcracker (Demis Volpi): Cake Aunt
  • Shahrazad (Jonah Bokaer)
  • Exhibition (Larbi Cherkaoui): Lady in the Long Dress
  • Ma Mère l’Oye (Jeroen Verbruggen): Alma
  • Fall (Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui)

Film

Jacoby has appeared in several films and videos, including the short film I Will Fall For You, directed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Woodkid.[10][11] Jacoby portrayed American dancer and theatrical pioneer Loie Fuller in the 2019 film Radioactive, starring Rosamund Pike and Sam Riley.[12][13]

Awards and honours

Source:[4]

Filmography
Year Title Role Director Notes
2019 Radioactive Loie Fuller Marjane Satrapi
2017 I Will Fall For You Herself Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Woodkid Video short
2012 Figure Studies Herself David Michalek, Razor Rocco Rizzotti Video short
2010 Catfish Dancer: Morphoses Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman

References
  1. "Drew Jacoby". Royal Ballet of Flanders. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  2. "Drew Jacoby on Becoming Professional | DancePulp". Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  3. "Drew Jacoby | Ballet Connections". Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  4. "Bio". Drew Jacoby. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  5. JacobyAuthor, Drew (August 20, 2012). "Jason Akira Somma art video".
  6. "Drew Jacoby, "dance goddess"". BDC Life. April 25, 2012. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  7. "An American and a Dutchman, Both With Worldly Cool". New York Times. July 12, 2010.
  8. "home". Jacoby & Pronk. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  9. "The Joyce Presents Maria Kochetkova's Catch Her If You Can". Broadway World. June 26, 2019.
  10. Escoyne, Courtney. "We're Spellbound by this Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui/Woodkid Collaboration". Dance Magazine. Macfadden Communications Group. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  11. I Will Fall For You at IMDb
  12. "Season Five Choreographers". sfdanceworks. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  13. Radioactive at IMDb
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