Alumni of The School at
Jacob’s Pillow

Alumni of The School at Jacob’s Pillow include dance luminaries such as Michelle N. Gibson, Nikolaj Hübbe, Mia Michaels, Meredith Monk, and Robert Swinston; choreographers Sidra Bell, John Heginbotham, Emery LeCrone, Loni London, Paloma McGregor, Mark Morris, Caleb Teicher, Nelly Van Bommel; Bessie Award winners Sidra Bell, Wally Cardona, Doug Elkins, Marjani Forté-Saunders, Paloma McGregor, Sydnie L. Mosley, Annie-B Parson, jumatatu m. poe, Annique Roberts, Anna Schön, Anna Sperber, Caleb Teicher, Melissa Toogood, Shamar Watt, Adam Weinert, Christopher Williams; Princess Grace Award winners Craig Black, Jared Brown, Nigel Campbell, Mia Chong, Paige Fraser, Matthew Gilmore, Albert Gordon, Jacqueline Green, Jacqulin Harris, Alysia L. Johnson, Raymond S. Pinto, Lauren Porter, Omar Roman De Jesus, Kameron N. Saunders, Ashley Simpson, Spenser Theberge, Maleek Washington

They appear in Dance Magazine’s “25 To Watch”, on Broadway, at The Tonys, in film, and in companies worldwide. During Festival 2022, we welcomed back 74 alumni as artistic directors, choreographers, performers, and artist faculty.

Sterling Harris, Tap Program alum & Lorna Strassler Award recipient, currently a dancer with M.A.A.D. Rhythms:

Read Sterling’s profile on the Pillow Blog

Calvin Royal III, Ballet Program alum & Lorna Strassler Award recipient; currently a Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre:

Our Alumni Enjoy Careers With

A.I.M by Kyle Abraham Martell Ruffin, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Patrick Coker, Jacquelin Harris, Ashley Mayeux, Belen Pereyra, Deidre Rogan, Christopher R. Wilson, Nicholas Begun, Jaryd Farcon, Patrick Gamble, Meagan King, Alonzo King LINES Ballet Shualb Elhassan, Alvaro Montelongo, American Ballet Theatre Calvin Royal III, Atlanta Ballet Spencer Wetherington, Hui Wen Peng, Mikaela Santos, Ballet Austin Colin Canavan, Alyssa Manguiat, Ballet BC Michael Garcia, Sarah Pippin, Kaylin Sturtevant, Orlando Harbutt, Ballet Hispánico Chris Bloom, Alexander Haquia, Mariano Zamora, Ballet Nepatla Anthony Boccini, Piper Dye, Brooke Naylor, Ballet West Robert Fowler, Olivia Gusti, Brian Waldrep, BalletX Jerard Palazo, Ashley Simpson, Boston Ballet Isaac Akiba, Lauren Herfindahl, Kyra Muttilainen, My’Kal Stromile, Caleb Teicher & Company Caleb Teicher, Naomi Funaki, Macy Sullivan, Camille A. Brown & Dancers Maleek Washington, Winston Dynamite Brown, Carolyn Dorfman Dance Dominique Dobransky, Charles Scheland, Chase Brock Experience Jane Abbott, Kassandra Cruz, Ryan Jackson, Amber Pickens, Camille Branton, Jasmine Chiu, Macy Sullivan, Caleb Teicher, Complexions Contemporary Ballet Emma Branson, Dallas Black Dance Theatre Sean J. Smith, Dance Heginbotham John Heginbotham, Christine Flores, Macy Sullivan, Justin Dominic, Dance Theatre of Harlem Micah Bullard, Daphne Marcelle Lee, Christopher Charles McDaniel, Dylan Santos, Delaney Washington, Lucas Castro, Dorrance Dance Elizabeth Burke, Naomi Funaki, Luke Hickey, Leonardo Sandoval, Dutch National Ballet Riho Sakamoto, Daniel Robert Silva, Clara Superfine, Emily Johnson/Catalyst Ashley Pierre-Louis, Finnish National Ballet Frans Valkama, Tukka Piitulainen, Aapo Kokkonen, Vanessa Lai, Francesa Loi, Lamin Pereira, Flamenco y Sol Glenda Sol Koeraus, Gallim Dance Brendan Evans, Gibney Company Jesse Obremski, Jordan Powell, Grand Rapids Ballet Madison Massara, GroundWorks Dance Theater Madison Pineda, Teagan Reed, Houston Ballet Eric Best, Aoi Fujiwara, Madison Russo, Connor Walsh, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Aaron Choate, Jacquelin Burnett, Alysia Johnson, Cryie Topete, Joffrey Ballet Coco Alvarez-Mena, José Pablo Castro Cuevas, Blake Kessler, Dylan Gutierrez, Brooke Linford, Graham Maverick, Kansas City Ballet Gavin Abercrombie, Joshua Kiesel, Marisa Deette Whiteman, Khecari Julia Antonick, L.A. Dance Project Doug Baum, Les Ballet Jazz de Montréal Hannah Kate Galbraith, Ausia Jones, Sophia Shaw, Limon Dance Company Joey Columbus, Loni Landon Dance Projects Loni Landon, Evan Sagadencky, Nicole von Arx, M.A.D.D. Rhythms Izaiah Harris, Sterling Harris, Case Prime, Mark Morris Dance Group & Music Ensemble Lesley Garrison, Matthew McLaughlin, Martha Graham Dance Company Anne O’Donnell, Lorenzo Pagano, Leslie Andrea Williams, Miami City Ballet Julian Goodwin-Ferris, Luiz Silva, Suzette Logue, Jordan-Elizabeth Long, Music From The Sole Brittany DeStefano, Naomi Funaki, Roxy King, Jalen Saint Phifer, Leonardo Sandoval, Ana Tomioshi, Netherlands Dans Theater Emmitt Cawley, Scott Fowler, Kele Roberson, ODC/Dance Simon Schuh, Oklahoma City Ballet Joseph Hetzer, Oregon Ballet Theatre Priyana Acharya, Gavin Hounslow, Pam Tanowitz Dance Kara Chan, Christine Flores, Victor Lozano, Melissa Toogood, Parsons Dance Rachel Harris, Paul Taylor Dance Company John Harnage, Devon Louis, Philadelphia Ballet Jack Thomas, Peridance Contemporary Dance Company Colin Heininger, Joslin Vezeau, Phantom of the Opera Courtney Liu, Jolina Javier, Portland Ballet Jackson Gormley, Radio City Music Hall Rockettes Maya Addie, Kathleen Latuiri, Rambert Dance Cali Hollister, Naya Lovell, Dylan Tedaldi, Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE Demetrius Burns, Royal NZ Ballet Paul Mathews, Royal Swedish Ballet Felicia Andersson, Royal Winnipeg Ballet Katie Bonnell, Tymin Keown, Elizabeth Lamont, Liam Saito, Julianna Generoux, Maggie Weatherdon, San Francisco Ballet Cavan Conley, Henry Sinford, Sarah Reich’s Tap Music Project Sarah Reich, Subject:Matter Ian Berg, April Nieves, Jackson Clayton, Samantha Emmond, Adriana Ogle, Syncopated Ladies Assata Madison, Trisha Brown Dance Company Christian Allen, Urban Bush Women Courtney Cook, Washington Ballet Nardia Boodoo, Samara Rittinger, Stephanie Sorota