Ralph Jacques

Ballet, Contemporary

Ralph Jacques began his training at The Boitsov Classical Ballet in Chicago, IL. There he followed a five year course which included ballet, men’s class, pas de deus, and many forms of character dance. Also, he has had many renown teachers and coaches from around the world. Among them are Marjorie Tallchief, Larry Long, Kevin Pugh (Varna Silver Medalist, former principal dancer Nation Ballet of Canada), Pave Rotaru, Ramazon Bapov (Varma Silver Medalist against Mikael Barishnokiv, former principal dancer Bolshoi Ballet) and Shamil Yagudin (former ballet master Bolshoi Ballet). Mr Jacques has performed with many dance companies including the Basil Ballet, Chicago City Ballet, Dance Theater of Harlem, the Atlanta Ballet, and Ballet Memphis where he was principal dancer. He has toured Taiwan with Ballet International and Romania with Ballet Rotaru.