JACOB TAYLOR, DANCE TEACHER

DANCE TEACHER 

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 in many ballets by George Balanchine.

At IU he also performed in works by Martha Graham, Agnes de Mille, Dwight Rhoden, Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp and Antony Tudor.

His professional career includes dancing for such companies as Boulder Ballet, Eglevsky Ballet, FJK Dance, Lydia Johnson Dance, New Jersey Ballet, Rebecca Kelly Ballet, Staten Island Ballet, and Thomas/Ortiz Dance. Mr. Taylor is currently on faculty at Peridance Capezio Center, New England Academy of Dance and has taught master class for Broadway Dance Center in New York City.

He has also appeared in acting roles in HBO’s The Duece and ABT’s NYC Premiere of Whipped Cream.