杰夫•爱德华兹

杰夫•爱德华兹 was a leading dancer with New York City Ballet, Zurich Ballet, and Lyon Opera Ballet. During his years as a performer (1983-98), he created original roles in dances by 杰罗姆·罗宾斯, 威廉活力四射, 和Bill T. 琼斯, and he was featured in works by Balanchine, Petipa, Nijinski, 雅罗西克Kylian, 垫埃克, 和马吉·马林. He collaborated with Agnes DeMille in the recreation of her ballet 其他的.

Edwards is featured in The Balanchine Essays, a definitive guide on the Balanchine technique. He has taught for conservatories and professional ballet companies around the world including American Ballet Theater, San Francisco Ballet, Cedar Lake Ensemble, 波士顿芭蕾舞团, Ballett法兰克福, Le Ballet du Grand Theatre de Geneve, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, Norwegian National Ballet, and the Royal Ballet School. He has lectured at Yale, U.C.L.A., and Williams 大学, and has taught ballet at Harvard 大学, 康奈尔大学, 普林斯顿大学, and Brown universities. As a student at Brown University Edwards designed and taught a course on contemporary dance repertory. In 2001, he became the director of education at Twyla Tharp 跳舞. In 2002, he worked and studied for a year under Michael Kaiser at the Kennedy Center on an arts management fellowship. He then served as associate artistic director of the Washington Ballet and later in the same position for Morphoses/the Wheeldon Company. He has staged the work of George Balanchine, 杰罗姆·罗宾斯, 威廉活力四射, Christopher Wheeldon, and Alexei Ratmansky.

Edwards was the resident choreographer with the Broadway musical Billy Elliot from 2009 to 2011. He served as ballet master on David Cromer’s production of Nikolai and the Others at 林肯中心 Theater in 2013. Edwards has collaborated with Damian Woetzel on productions for the Kennedy Center Honors, 爱上舞蹈, and regular seasons at City Center Theater. He was born in Butler, 宾西法尼亚, and lives in Fort Greene, 布鲁克林, with his husband and their two sons.