Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung were still students at the Fashion Institute of Technology when their first joint commission came along: Creating the costume for a Fall for Dance piece Andrea Miller choreographed on Drew Jacoby. The pair officially joined forces in 2011, forming their eponymous label and building a resumé that includes designing for […]
What do you get when you add Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui‘s choreography, Woodkid’s music and Drew Jacoby‘s legs? A nearly seven-minute video that is as hypnotic as it is envy-inducing. Cherkaoui recruited Jacoby and fellow Royal Ballet of Flanders dancer Matt Foley to perform in “I Will Fall For You,” using movement from his 2015 work […]
This year we celebrate four extraordinary dance heroes: New York City Ballet principal Tiler Peck, choreographer Lar Lubovitch, activist/teacher Carolyn Adams and historian Lynn Garafola. Tiler Peck Tiler Peck transcends all preconceived notions about ballet: that it is old-fashioned or boring or mannered or quaint. To see this New York City Ballet principal dance “Fascinatin’ […]
The entrepreneurial dancer relies on floor barre/massage guru Marjorie Liebert. When Michele Wiles created BalletNext in 2011, she invited Mauro Bigonzetti to create a duet for her and Drew Jacoby. Bigonzetti not only gifted Wiles with his challenging contemporary work, but he also introduced her to the woman who would help her dance his ballets: […]
Each month we will be asking key people in the dance field a question that shapes—or plagues—our time. First up: Does gender dictate too much in current choreography? The responses, as you can see, range from moderate to extreme. Jonathan Fredrickson Dancer/choreographer with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago There once was a wall in dance, dictating […]
30 years of Alonzo King’s challenge to dancers Keelan Whitmore in a costume by Robert Rosenwasser, Photo: RJ Muna, courtesy Lines “If you are vulnerable, honest, and respond like a tuning fork, then we are kin. I surrender, and I see you. It’s quickly obvious who will take their ‘clothes’ off,” Alonzo […]
On Sunday, to cap off what we hope will be a very happy Thanksgiving weekend for you and yours, why not gorge yourself on some gorgeous dancing by Nederlands Dans Theater? A mixed bill of works by Kylián, Lightfoot/León, and NDT dancer/choreographer Medhi Walerski, filmed in Holland on Nov. 15, makes its way to movie […]
Drew Jacoby joins Nederlands Dans Theater; Moscelyne Larkin; Jenifer Ringer and James Fayette welcome their second child. New Role After five years of pouring all her energies into Jacoby & Pronk, Drew Jacoby has decided to leave her artistic partnership with Rubinald Pronk to join Nederlands Dans Theater. (Pronk will continue his freelance […]
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