Ralph Jacques

Ballet Memphis: Principal
Ballet Rotaru: Guest (1990)
Basil Ballet
Chicago City Ballet
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Atlanta Ballet
Georgia Ballet (ca. 2004)
North Atlanta Dance Theatre: Guest (ca. 2006)
Northeast Atlanta Ballet: Guest (2016)
Ballet International

Ralph Jacques - Northeast Atlanta Ballet
Photo via Northeast Atlanta Ballet.
Atlanta-native Ralph Jacques started his training at The Boitsov Classical Ballet in Chicago, IL. His teachers included Marjorie Tallchief, Larry Long, Kevin Pugh, Pave Rotaru, Ramazan Bapov, and Shamil Yagudin.

Jacques has performed with Basil Ballet, Chicago City Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Atlanta Ballet, Georgia Ballet, North Atlanta Dance, Ballet International (on tour in Taiwan), and Ballet Rotaru (on tour in Romania). With Ballet Memphis, he reached the rank of principal dancer. As a guest artist, he has danced in Swan Lake and as Hilarion in Giselle with Northeast Atlanta Ballet, Don Quixote with Ballet Rotaru, and as the Snow King in North Atlanta Dance Theatre’s The Nutcracker.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sources:

Ralph Jacques, All Stars Performing Arts Academy
Northeast Atlanta Ballet presents “Sleeping Beauty”, Patch
Ballet company to honor founder, The Atlanta Constitution
Intown Calendar, The Atlanta Constitution

Video links:

2014 The Sleeping Beauty Little Red and the Wolf
Kristy Nilsson’s Emperor and the Nightingale highlights
Nutcracker Snow Pas de Deux and Waltz of the Snowflakes

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