With a distinct and profound voice in the arts, Jacob has created curriculum for dancers, nondancers and people with special needs from ages 5 to 75. Tapping into the strengths of students, Jacob has been able to teach dance through gestures, pedestrian movements and various dance techniques internationally, providing a challenging platform for students of any level to grow. Jacob has a teaching mission to expand the view of what dance can be and bring the arts to all. Teaching dance through many techniques, Jacob can teach current styles and teach from a historical, technical, traditional place. Jacob teaches multiple techniques within hip-hop, modern, contemporary dance, jazz and classical dance.

Through performance, he uses his art and craft to explore the human condition as well as challenge perspectives in movement. Through outreach, educational performances and residencies, Jacob can tailor an experience to include the current curriculum being taught in a school’s particular level, as well as teach about the art of creating movements for choreography.

Jacob graduated from the University of Northern Colorado and received B.A.s in Dance and Theatre, with emphasis in Choreography, Acting and Performance. As a dancer, Jacob has been with the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Hannah Kahn Dance, Santee Smith Group and Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre. He has worked with choreographers such as Donald McKayle, Betty Jones, Ron K. Brown, Milton Meyers, David Rousseve, Eleo Pomare, David Dorfman and Lisa Race, among many.

As a dance artist, teacher and choreographer, Jacob pulls from the culture of hip-hop, and dance culture. Creating unique musical scores and incorporating urban elements into his choreography, Jacob fuses a unique blend of contemporary and traditional techniques into his craft. His work has been seen internationally through MPVCD as well as college programs, festivals, guest-artist work and other dance schools and companies.

Jacob has been on the faculty with the University of Wyoming, the University of Nevada Las Vegas, the New York Institute of Dance and MSU Denver. He also stays in the community by training dancers on the preprofessional level, including such schools as Cleo Parker Robinson Dance and Sweatshop Dance, and guest-teaching at festivals and institutions.