Artistic Associate and School of Richmond Ballet Director
Judy Jacob is from Detroit, where she studied ballet with Evelyn Smith. She trained in London, England with Anne Heaton, John Field and Valerie Taylor, and at Butler University and Indiana University with George Verdak, William Glenn, Peggy Dorsey, Anton Dolin and Kenneth Melville. Ms. Jacob performed with the Butler Ballet and Indiana Ballet Theatre, and was a principal dancer with Memphis Ballet for seven years. She created roles in ballets by choreographers Ron Cunningham, Jill Eathorne Bahr, Norbert Vesak, Robert Kelley and Philip Jerry. She was associate artistic director of Fort Wayne Ballet prior to joining Richmond Ballet in 1995. Ms. Jacob was appointed assistant ballet master in 1996, and has been School of Richmond Ballet director since 1998.