Jared Nelson
Ballet
Jared Nelson, from Yuba City California, was trained in many forms of dance, and started out as a competition dancer. He began dancing professionally at the age of 14 with the Sacramento Music Circus. He became an apprentice with the Sacramento Ballet that same year and soon became a Principal Dancer with more than a dozen original works choreographed on him by director, Ron Cunningham.
Mr. Nelson went on to dance for the Boston Ballet and the Washington Ballet in starring roles for almost two decades. Mr. Nelson danced works by Nacho Duato, Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, Mark Morris, Choo San Goh, Jiri Kylian, George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Jerome Robbins, Agnes DeMille, and Antony Tudor.
He also had many original works created for him by Septime Webre including The Great Gatsby, ALICE (in wonderland), Peter Pan, Cinderella, and Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises. Mr. Nelson went on to be a choreographer himself and is the former Artistic Director of the California Ballet. He continues to stage ballets for Septime Webre and is currently a faculty member at Golden State Ballet Academy.