The School at Jacob’s Pillow will connect you to a revered roster of artists as your faculty, acclaimed for their work in the field as well as their teaching and mentoring.

Artist Faculty

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

Program Director
Contemporary Ballet
The Colombian-Belgian Annabelle Lopez Ochoa completed her dance education at the Royal Ballet School of Flanders in Belgium. She started choreographing at the early age of 11, and decided in 2003 to end her dance career to focus her energies solely on choreography.

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Luis R. Torres

Program Director
June 20-July 4
Born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Luis R. Torres is currently the Ballet Master at Hong Kong Ballet. Torres graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in Dance and Psychology and completed a Master of Fine Arts from George Mason University.

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Maurice Causey

Artist Faculty
Contemporary Ballet
Maurice Causey is an American born, European based dance artist. For the last eight years, he has been a patron for the Austinmer Dance Theater in Australia directed by Michelle Forte. He is currently based in Amsterdam.

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Amy Seiwert

Guest Choreographer
June 20-July 4
Amy Seiwert enjoyed a nineteen-year performing career dancing with the Smuin, Los Angeles Chamber, and Sacramento Ballets. As a dancer with Smuin Ballet, she became involved with the “Protégé Program,” where her choreography was mentored by the late Michael Smuin.

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Jared Redick

Master Class Artist
June 24
Jared Redick, Interim Dean of Dance at University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), trained at Mikhail Baryshnikov’s School of Classical Ballet at the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) and at The School of American Ballet.

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Julie Kent

Master Class Artist
July 1
Julie Kent has been at the helm of The Washington Ballet (TWB) since July 2016 and was the longest serving ballerina in American Ballet Theatre’s (ABT) 80 year history.

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