JACOBY&PRONK CONTEMPORARY DANCE ARTISTS

Chemistry—on and off the stage. That is the catalyst for this most intriguing partnership.

A partnership characterized by a genuine kin- ship and mutual respect, manifested in a captivating balance of artistic virtuosity, incomprehensible athleticism, and disorienting beauty.
This is a combination of two of today’s most extraordinary dancers coming together as partners to perform, collaborate, and share their love for innovation in dance. Their mission is to compile a distinctive repertoire that enables dance presenters to offer their audiences some- thing fresh, exhilarating, and awe-inspiring.
Their ultimate goal is to fuse commercial and concert dance and start an original show that will tour. It will be comprised of out-of-the-box concepts involving dance, art, fashion, music, & technology with hopes that it will appeal to a broader scope of audience and democratize the beauty of dance.

Feel free to contact Jacoby&Pronk for more details on customized evenings, and current shows available.

Drew Jacoby
Drew Jacoby, hailed "guest dance goddess" by Ballet-Dance Magazine, was born in Boise Idaho. She went on to study at School of American Ballet, San Francisco Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet.
She began her professional career at age 17 in San Francisco with Lines Ballet, where she was a principal dancer and had numerous original works created on her by award winning choreographer Alonzo King. In 2005 she was invited on Sylvie Guillem's Japan tour, where she performed principal roles alongside dancers from the Royal Ballet and Paris Opera Ballet. She won a 2005 Princess Grace Award and in 2006 was voted Dance Magazine's "It Girl." In 2007, she moved to New York City to begin her freelance career and market herself independently from a ballet company. She has performed works and been created on by acclaimed choreographers including, George Balanchine, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, William Forsythe, Christopher Wheeldon, Lar Lubovitch, Dwight Rhoden, Mia Michaels, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and Lightfoot Leon. In 2008 she co-founded her independent partnership, "Jacoby & Pronk," with former Dutch National Ballet star Rubinald Pronk. The duo was featured on the August 2009 cover of Dance Magazine an have received rave reviews in many leading dance publications. They made a collection of films together with fine art photographer Alvin Booth, entitled "Les Beau est Toujours Bizarre," which premiered at American Dance Festival's 2009 Dance on Camera Film Festival. Jacoby and Pronk have guested with Dutch National Ballet and have performed multiple seasons with Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company, as well as engaging in their own projects all over the world. In July 2010 Jacoby&Pronk had their own week of performances at the prestigious Jacob's Pillow Festival with guest dancers from Netherlands Dance Theatre and American Ballet Theatre. Drew currently resides in New York City, but travels extensively to perform at galas, festivals, and to appear as a guest artist with several leading companies. She is in the midst of launching a media website called DancePulp which will feature HD video interviews of the world's top dance industry professionals.

Rubinald Pronk
Rubinald Rofino Pronk was born and raised in The Hague, Netherlands. He received his training at the Royal Conservatory of Dance and joined the Dutch National Ballet at 16, where he danced as a soloist and performed works by several leading choreographers such as William Forsythe, George Balanchine, Martha Graham, Frederic Ashton, and Jacopo Godani, to name a few. In 2006 he joined Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson’s Complexions Contemporary Ballet in New York City, where he toured extensively and performed works by Dwight Rhoden and Ulysses Dove.
His awards include the prestigious Alexandre Radius Prize for the best dancer of Holland and two nominations for the VSCD “Silver Swan” award for best performance of the year. Elsevier Magazine named him “Holland’s sexiest ballet dancer ever.”
Rubinald guested as a principal dancer, with Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company, Dutch National Ballet, National Ballet of Poland, Norwegian National Ballet among others.

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