Drew Jacoby was born in Boise, Idaho in 1984. She went on
to study at School of American Ballet, San Francisco Ballet
and Pacific Northwest Ballet. She began her professional
career in 2002 with Lines Ballet in San Francisco, 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.
She has performed works by acclaimed choreographers
including George Balanchine, Sir Kenneth MacMillan,
Marcia Haydée, Jirí Kylián, William Forsythe, Christopher
Wheeldon, Lar Lubovitch, Dwight Rhoden, Mia Michaels,
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Crystal Pite, Andrea Miller, Mauro
Bigonzetti, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Maurice Bejart and
Lightfoot Leon.
In 2008 she co-founded her independent partnership,
“Jacoby & Pronk,” with former Dutch National Ballet dancer
Rubinald Pronk. The duo was featured on the August 2009
cover of Dance Magazine an have received acclaim 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 2010, Jacoby and
Pronk formed a small touring company which was
presented at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Holland Dance
Festival, Belgrade Dance Festival, and New Orleans Ballet
Association.
Drew danced with Nederlands Dans Theater 1 from 2012-
2015 and joined the Royal Ballet of Flanders as a principal
dancer in 2015, where she had one of her career highlights
dancing the central figure in Maurice Bejart’s legendary
Bolero. She continues to produce and perform at
prestigious international galas and founded a media
website in 2009 called DancePulp.com (also on Hulu.com
in the U.S.), featuring video interviews with high profile
dance industry professionals she’s encountered during her
travels. In 2016, she collaborated on a video with
choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and musical/visual
artist Woodkid in Paris. She teaches master classes and has
co-produced summer programs across the world and has
choreographed works on schools and companies and for
Youth America Grand Prix contestants, dance films,
fashion, and fine art photography.
