Jared Nelson

Jared Nelson is currently the Artistic Director of California Ballet. He has been a professional dancer for over two decades, performed with the Sacramento Ballet, Boston Ballet and later The Washington Ballet (TWB). At TWB, the then Artistic Director Septime Webre created many original works for him, including The Great Gatsby, ALICE (in wonderland), Peter Pan, Cinderella and Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises. He has also danced in works by Nacho Duato, Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, Mark Morris, Choo San Goh, Jiří Kylián, George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Jerome Robbins, Agnes DeMille and Antony Tudor. As a choreographer, Nelson has created works for numerous ballet companies and theatre groups across the US.