1. Susan Jaffe was born on 1962 and is an American ballet dancer and arts administrator.
13 Facts About Susan Jaffe
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Susan Jaffe is currently the artistic director of the American Ballet Theatre, where she had danced for 22 years and held the rank of principal dancer.
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Susan Jaffe previously served as the dean of the School of Dance at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and the artistic director of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre.
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Susan Jaffe remained a principal dancer with ABT for the following 22 years.
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Susan Jaffe has worked with and performed the repertoire of many of the 20th century's most prominent choreographers, including George Balanchine, Antony Tudor, Kenneth MacMillan, Jerome Robbins, Roland Petit, Twyla Tharp, Nacho Duato, Jiri Kylian, and James Kudelka.
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Susan Jaffe co-founded Long Island University's educational initiative for the dancers of the American Ballet Theatre.
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Susan Jaffe has taught master classes throughout the United States and Japan.
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Susan Jaffe is a Dance Magazine awardee, and was invited to join Dance Magazine to co-produce and host the weekly television show Dance New York.
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Susan Jaffe has been featured multiple times on the PBS series Dance in America; in the movie, Angie, starring Geena Davis; and in the Frederick Wiseman documentary Ballet.
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In 2002, Susan Jaffe was a guest on the Charlie Rose Show, where she discussed her retirement from the stage.
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Susan Jaffe created Pulse as Guest Choreographer at Princeton University in 2010.
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In 2012, Susan Jaffe choreographed a new pas de deux called "Blue" for American Ballet Theatre's gala for the opening night of their Metropolitan Opera House Season.
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In January 2014, Susan Jaffe premiered a new work for Company C Contemporary Ballet called "Weather One", which premiered in the Lesher Center in Walnut Creek, California followed by a weekend of performances in February 2014 at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco.