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.

Early life

Jacoby was born in

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in 1984. She trained at the

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, the San Francisco Ballet and

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Career

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

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and

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. In 2007 she moved to New York City to begin her freelance career, and market herself independently from a ballet company. 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. Jacoby danced with Nederlands Dans Theater from 2012 to 2015. Her partnership with Pronk therefore ended. She joined the Royal Ballet of Flanders as a principal dancer in 2015, where she danced works by Pina Bausch, William Forsythe and

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, and worked with choreographers such as Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Jonah Bokaer. In 2019, Jacoby returned to the US to perform at

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's solo program, ''Catch Her If You Can'' at the

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. The program also featured works choreographed by Jacoby, danced by herself and Kochetkova.

Selected repertory

Jacoby's repertory with the Royal Ballet of Flanders includes: *''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

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. Jacoby portrayed American dancer and theatrical pioneer Loie Fuller in the 2019 film ''

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'', starring

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and Sam Riley.

Awards and honours

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, 2005 *Dance Magazine's "It Girl", 2007 Source:

Filmography

References

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