Jake Tribus (he/him) is a 2020 graduate of USC’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance under the direction of Jodie Gates, as well as a recipient of a 2022 Princess Grace Award in Dance. He performed in Twyla Tharp’s 2024 Joyce Season in the revival of Ocean’s Motion (1975) and the premiere of The Ballet Master. He most recently danced with Gibney Company under the direction of Gilbert T. Small II from 2020 to 2024 where he performed works by Alan Lucien Oyen, Ohad Naharin, Sharon Eyal, Yin Yue, Twyla Tharp, Rena Butler, Sonya Tayeh, and Johan Inger, amongst others. Tribus’ past training includes intensives with Netherlands Dance Theater, Batsheva Gaga Technique, The Juilliard School, and Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Additionally he has performed repertoire from choreographers William Forsythe, Crystal Pite, Jîrí Kylián, Twyla Tharp, Paul Taylor, Victor Quijada, Aszure Barton, and Dwight Rhoden. Jake has performed on stages including The Joyce Theatre (with Gibney Company and the Glorya Kaufman School of Dance), The Shed (with A Quiet Evening of Dance by William Forsythe), the Kampnagel International Summer Festival (premiering Where There’s Form by Aszure Barton), and in 2022 the Fire Island Dance Festival (choreography by Akira Uchida and Micaela Taylor). He has also performed in music videos and on stage for artists including Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, Lorde, Backstreet Boys, and Janet Jackson. He most recently was a featured dancer in a fragrance campaign for fashion brand Carolina Herrera under the movement direction of Stephen Galloway. 

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