Jazz Khai Bynum
Ballet West II (2019-2021)
Ballet West: Corps Artist (2021-present)
Jazz Khai Bynum is from Germantown, Maryland. She joined the Ballet West Academy as a trainee in 2018 and joined Ballet West II in 2019. She was promoted to the main company in 2021. Jazz trained with Maryland Youth Ballet from 2004-2014 and with Dance Theater of Harlem’s Residency Program at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC from 2004-2011. She graduated from The Boston Conservatory in 2018 with a B.F.A in Contemporary Performance with an emphasis in Ballet, Cum Laude. Jazz also earned her Wedding and Event planning License in 2021. With Ballet West, Jazz has performed roles in Robinson-Harris and Dolkas’s Snow White, Sklute’s Giselle, Christensen’s The Nutcracker, and Stevenson’s Dracula, among others.
Source:
Jazz Khai Bynum, Ballet West
Roster for 21/22 Season Announced, Ballet West
See also:
Black Utah ballerinas help shape new policies to welcome dancers of color into the ‘white ballet world’, Salt Lake Tribune
BalletWest Revamps Policies To Make It More Equitable For Black And Brown Dancers, KUER
Video links:
Jazz Bynum – Dance Student Profile (Boston Conservatory at Berklee)
Classical Variation
Contemporary Classical (Variations)
Social media:
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