Master Class Weekend with Jillian Davis

Coming up May 22-24, join us at Michigan Ballet Academy for a special 3-day workshop with professional dancer Jillian Davis!

Jillian Davis is a Kutztown, PA native, and began her ballet training at the age of 3. She studied extensively with Risa Kaplowitz and Susan Jaffe at Princeton Dance and Theater Studio in Princeton, NJ. Jillian has attended San Francisco Ballet, School of American Ballet, as well as Pacific Northwest Ballet and LINES Ballet, both on scholarship. In 2013, she developed the “Jillian Davis Dance Project”, now known as JD Moves. Her piece, Tiel, was featured at Jennifer Muller’s Hatched Series and was selected as a finalist for Rider University’s Emerging Choreographers Showcase.

Jillian has been a company member with Complexions since 2014. She has been part of several Dwight Rhoden world premieres, including Star Dust, Bach 25, Woke, Love Rocks, and a world-premiere solo, Elegy, Love Rocks, Snatched Back from the Edges, and Endgame, among other creations. She has also performed installation works by Desmond Richardson and an excerpt of Approximate Sonata and Slingerland by William Forsthye.

Along with being a dancer with Complexions, Jillian is part of the core faculty for Complexions Dance Academy, teaching at intensives and master classes around the world. She also frequents as a guest teacher and choreographer with schools around the country, including SLK Ballet, Berks Ballet Theater, Princeton Dance and Theater Studio, Missouri Valley College, among other schools.

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