Company

Name: Jackson Calhoun

Company Position: Apprentice

Joined Ballet RI: 2024

Hometown: Winston-Salem, NC

Training/Education: UNCSA Dance

Favorite Quote: “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”

Favorite Role or Ballet & Why:
My favorite ballet is Ghost Dances by Christopher Bruce. The breath from the artists of folk group Inti-Illimani, fill the pipe flutes like the wind that blows through an abandoned house, eerie, yet a beautiful memorie of the life that once filled its walls. Telling the reality of normal people getting caught up in the violence of political oppression, Ghost Dances exposes the wicked underbelly of this world while reminding us just how precious life is.

Accomplishment you are most proud of: In 2023 I became a professional choreographer, it is always something I have done and deeply enjoyed.

Fun Fact about yourself: I love art, visual, musical and performative, it is the expression of the human soul that gets me right!

Follow Jackson on Instagram @jacksonbleu