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Jacob Clerico
Natick, Massachusetts
Joined ABT 2018
Biography
Photo: Rosalie O'Connor.
A native of Natick, Massachusetts, Jacob Clerico began his dance training at three years old at the Dancing Arts Center in Holliston, Massachusetts. In 2013, Clerico began training under Patrick Notaro and Gregg Saulnier, the current co-directors of Dancing Arts Center. His repertoire has included The Nutcracker Prince, Cavalier, and a Russian Soloist in The Nutcracker, Lucien in Paquita, and Franz in Coppélia, as well as roles in original modern works choreographed by Hayley Kenney.
Clerico has attended summer programs at Ballet West, Boston Ballet, and American Ballet Theatre in New York City. He trained at the ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School from 2015-2017 under the direction of both Franco De Vita and Cynthia Harvey. While a student at the ABT JKO School, he performed the pas de deux from George Balanchine’s La Source at the 2017 Gala Internazionale at Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy.
Clerico joined ABT Studio Company in September 2017, became an apprentice with the main Company in December 2018, and joined the corps de ballet in June 2019. His repertoire includes the Russian Dance in Alexei Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker and featured roles in Deuce Coupe, La Follia Variations, Petite Mort, and Songs of Bukovina. He created a featured role in Indestructible Light.
Repertoire
* created role
- Deuce Coupe - Featured Role
- La Follia Variations - Featured Role
- Indestructible Light - Featured Role*
- The Nutcracker (Ratmansky) - Russian Dance
- Petite Mort - Featured Role
- Songs of Bukovina - Featured Role