Grant Jacoby
Based in Central/Northern NJ
Contact: grantjacobydance@gmail.com
Grant Jacoby is a New Jersey-based choreographer, performer, and teacher. He was a company member of Quicksilver Dance and Lorraine Chapman The Company, and has performed in works by Merce Cunningham, Trisha Brown, David Parker, Mark Dendy, Annie Kloppenberg, and Lauren Simpson, among others. He currently performs with Audrey MacLean Performance Projects. A three time Boston Globe Critic's Pick, he has presented his choreography at La MaMa ETC, Triskelion Arts, Movement Research, Green Space, The Mark O'Donnell Theater, The Dance Complex, Green Street Studios, AS220, RAW Boston, Les Champs Melisey, and The International Festival of Arts & Ideas. He has had residencies at the Monira Foundation, The Dragon's Egg, mignolo arts center, SMUSH Gallery, Spoke the Hub, Dance Local, and as a part of The Shaker Dance Revival Project. He has set choreographic work at Babson College, Endicott College, and OnStage Dance Company, and has choreographed numerous musicals including the premiere of "Friday the 13th: The Musical." He has been on faculty at Boston Ballet, The Boston Conservatory, Sarah Lawrence College, and The National Theater Institute. Originally from Wellesley, MA, he received his BA in Dance and Theater from Connecticut College, and his MFA in Dance from Sarah Lawrence College.
