Jackie McConnell

Jackie McConnell, from Salem, Oregon, trained with Pacific Northwest Ballet School and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. She danced with Nevada Ballet Theatre, and toured with the Portland-based company, Bodyvox before settling in the Bay Area. She has danced with Company C Contemporary Ballet, Post: Ballet, Oakland Ballet, the San Francisco Opera and was a principal dancer with Diablo Ballet for ten seasons. While with Diablo Ballet, Ms. McConnell performed lead roles in works by George Balanchine, Val Caniparoli, Christopher Wheeldon, Julia Adam, Trey McIntyre and Penny Saunders.