About Aaron Jackson

Born in Johnson City, Tennessee, Aaron Jackson began his dance training at the age of ten with Susan Pace-White at Holloway Dancing School. He attended summer intensives on full scholarship at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York, The School of Pennsylvania Ballet, and the San Francisco Ballet School. Before enrolling as a full-time student in the fall of 1998, Mr. Jackson attended the Summer Course at the School of American Ballet (SAB). In 2000, he was invited by Arthur Mitchell to join The Dance Theatre of Harlem, and in 2001, he joined The Washington Ballet under the direction of Septime Webre. After eight seasons with The Washington Ballet, he spent two seasons with Company C Contemporary Ballet in San Francisco. Mr. Jackson retired from performing in 2010 and relocated to Washington, D.C.

Throughout his career, Mr. Jackson performed featured roles in numerous ballets, including George Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream (Puck), Serenade, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Allegro Brillante, Rubies, the Four Temperaments (First Theme and Second Theme), Christopher Wheeldon's There Where She Loved, Choo San Goh's Unknown Territories, Momentum, and In the Glow of the Night, Paul Taylor's Piazzolla Caldera, Trey McIntyre's Rite of Spring, William Forsythe's In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, Twyla Tharp's Surfer at the River Styx, Lar Lubovitch's Cavalcade, Arthur Mitchell's Firebird, Laveen Naidu's South African Suite, and Geoffrey Holder's Dougla.

Jackson has established himself as a full-time teacher and coach in the United States and abroad. In 2023, he introduced The Jackson Method for Adult Ballet at CityDance Studios in Washington, D.C. This approach caters to adult students and professional artists seeking to unlock their full potential through customized guidance and corrective feedback in class. Jackson's teaching style is influenced by his education at The School of American Ballet and his professional experience. He has created a personal syllabus and training methodology specifically designed for adult learners.

Jackson began his teaching career in 2010, joining the faculty of The Washington School of Ballet after teaching at the Jones-Haywood Dance School and the Berrend Dance Centre. In 2019, he became a faculty member at The Dance Institute of Washington and later served as the Head Ballet Instructor for the Pre-Professional Division from 2022 to 2025. Jackson also held the position of SAB Visiting Faculty Co-Chair and Principal Teacher from 2022 to 2023 and was a member of SAB's Alumni Advisory Committee on Diversity & Inclusion from 2017 to 2024. Additionally, he served as a National Visiting Fellow at SAB from 2017 to 2018. Jackson's teaching experience extends to institutions such as The Ballet Alliance, the Tennessee Association of Dance, City Youth Ballet in Tennessee, as well as international institutions like Tanzwerk101 in Zürich, Tanz Akademie in Zürich, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste in Zürich, Musical Factory in Lucerne, and Tanzkompanie des Theaters St. Gallen in St. Gallen. He currently works as a Freelance Guest Teacher and Private Coach across the United States and Switzerland.