Drew Jacoby in Six fairies variations from The Sleeping Beauty

Drew Jacoby in Six fairies variations from The Sleeping Beauty, music Pyotr Tchaikovsky, choreography by Drew Jacoby, Royal Ballet of Flanders. Benois de la Danse 2018, shot on 6.6.2018 in the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow.

Drew Jacoby (born 1984 in Boise, Idaho) is an independent contemporary ballet artist in New York City. In August 2012, Drew was to be join Nederlands Dans Theater in The Hague. She trained at the School of American Ballet, the San Francisco Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet. Drew joined Lines Ballet in San Francisco at age 17, in 2007 she moved to New York City to begin her freelance career and market herself independently from a ballet company. In 2007 she formed independent dance duo Jacoby & Pronk with fellow Complexions Contemporary Ballet dancer Rubinald Pronk. The duo was featured on the cover of the August 2009 Dance Magazine. She has also performed as a principal guest artist with the Dutch National Ballet.

Photos by Jack Devant Ballet Photography with kind permission of the Benois de la Danse and Bolshoi Theatre, special thanks to Nina Kudriavtseva-Loory.