Jacob Taylor

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’s Jacobs School of Music, 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, Eglevsky Ballet, FJK Dance, Indianapolis Ballet, and New Jersey Ballet. Mr. Taylor has taught for Boulder Ballet, Brooklyn Ballet, Colorado Ballet Academy, New England Academy of Dance, Peridance Capezio Center, and 92NY. He has been commissioned to choreograph new works for Boulder Ballet, Colorado Ballet Academy, New England Ballet Theatre, IU Opera Theatre, SoCal Choreography Festival, and Philadelphia Ballet.