Kevin Jackson (dancer)
| Kevin Jackson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1984 (age 40–41)[1] Perth, Western Australia |
| Occupation | Ballet dancer |
| Employer | The Australian Ballet |
Kevin Jackson (born 1984 in Perth, Western Australia[1]) is an Australian ballet dancer and choreographer, principal artist with The Australian Ballet.
Dance career
Kevin Jackson began dance lessons aged seven at the Shirley Farrell Academy of Dance in Western Australia,[2] starting with Scottish highland and tap dance.[3] In 2009 he studied classical dance with Adrienne Eastoe in Perth,[2] attended The Australian Ballet School from 2000 and joined The Australian Ballet in 2003.[1] He was a guest artist with Australian touring company The Dancers Company tour in 2004. He was promoted to soloist in 2007[2] and to principal artist in 2010.[4]
He was awarded a Khitercs Foundation Travelling Scholarship in 2007,[2] with which he took part in classes with the Paris Opera Ballet, Bavarian State Opera, Dutch National Ballet, English National Ballet and The Royal Ballet.[1] He won the Telstra Ballet Dancer Award for 2008.[5]
In 2014, Jackson became the second Australian Ballet dancer (after Steven Heathcote) to make a guest appearance with the American Ballet Theatre, as Des Grieux in Kenneth MacMillan's "Manon".[6]
Jackson has choreographed works for The Australian Ballet and their Dance Education Ensemble and is studying for his "Graduate Diploma of Elite Dance Instruction" with The Australian Ballet School.[7]
Selected repertoire
- Des Grieux in Kenneth MacMillan's "Manon", 2014, 2008
- Prince in Alexei Ratmansky's "Cinderella" 2013
- James in Erik Bruhn's "La Sylphide" 2013
- Basilio in Rudolf Nureyev's "Don Quixote" 2013
- Siegfried in Stephen Baynes' Swan Lake, 2012
- The outsider in Robert Helpmann's "The Display" 2012
- Onegin and Lensky in John Cranko's Onegin, 2012[8][9]
- Prince in Graeme Murphy's "Swan Lake" 2012, New York
- Pinkerton in Stanton Welch's "Madame Butterfly" 2011
- Octavian in Graeme Murphy's "The Silver Rose" 2010
- Nutcracker Prince in Peter Wright's "The Nutcracker" 2010
- Doctor, Soldier, Lover in Murphy's "Nutcracker the story of Clara" 2010, Tokyo
- Romeo in Murphy's Romeo & Juliet, 2011 (role created on Jackson)[10]
- Prince Florimund in Stanton Welch's "The Sleeping beauty" 2009
- Prince Ivan in Murphy's Firebird, 2009 (role created on Jackson)[1]
- Jupiter in Mrozewski's "Semele" 2008
- Jerome Robbins' "A Suite of Dances" 2008
- Apollo in George Balanchine's Apollo, 2007[1]
Choreography
Awards
- Telstra Ballet Dancer Award, 2008[5]
- The Australian Ballet Society Scholarship[4]
- Khitercs Foundation Travelling Scholarship, 2007[1][2]
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