Jacquelyn Elder

Jacquelyn Elder is an American dancer who lives and works in Paris. From 2005 to 2012, she was a featured member of the Martha Graham Dance Company in New York City, where she fulfilled her childhood dream of dancing some of Martha Graham’s iconic solos. She has performed alongside Liz Santoro and Pierre Godard, Vincent Thomasset, Olivier Dubois, Lenio Kaklea, Maud Le Pladec, and Boris Charmatz. Since 2022 she has been a choreographic assistant and rehearsal director for the Ballet National de Marseille, under the direction of (LA)HORDE. In her collaboration with (LA)HORDE, she was invited to be a choreographic assistant on Madonna’s Celebration Tour 2023 as well as Ivo Van Hove’s I Want Absolute Beauty, which will premier August 2024 at the Ruhrtriennale Festival. Throughout the years Jacquelyn has had the opportunity of working with artists such as Robert Wilson, Eleanor Bauer, Michael Helland, Aszure Barton, Rachid Ouramdane, Larry Keigwin, Kate Weare, Maud Le Pladec, Gus Giordano, (LA)HORDE, and visual artist Fabrice Samyn. Jacquelyn has taught master classes and workshops at NYU Tisch School of the Arts (NY), Hellerau (Dresden, Germany), DansenHus (Oslo, Norway), Ballet Du Nord/CCN (Lille, France), Le Gymnase (Roubaix, France), The Martha Graham School (NY), Alvin Ailey/Fordham University (NY), The Joffrey Ballet School (NY), as well as at the Biennale de la Danse (Lyon, France). Alongside of her performing career, Jacquelyn is an MFA candidate at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA.