Justin Rapaport
Justin Rapaport is from Miami, Florida and is currently a fourth year dancer at The Juilliard School. At Juilliard, Justin is training under the guidance of director Lawrence Rhodes and faculty. Justin has performed various repertory and original works by Martha Graham, Jose Limon, Twyla Tharp, Crystal Pite, Brian Brooks, Alejandro Cerrudo, Sharon Eyal, and many more. He has also been to many summer dance programs including Netherlands Dance Theater, Springboard Dance Montreal, Jacobs’s Pillow Contemporary, Hubbard Street, LINES Ballet, and American Ballet Theater.
Justin has choreographed at school and professionally. In the summer of 2014, he was commissioned to choreograph Division of Uniformity for the Peter London Global Dance Company in Miami, Florida. While at Juilliard, Justin has choreographed for Choreographers and Composers 2014, collaborating with composer Louis Cruz to create a new work, Mirror Stage. He has also been selected to choreograph for Senior Production in the spring of 2016.
Justin began his formal dance training at the age of eight at local studio Dance Empire under the guidance of Angel Fraser-Logan and various other teachers. Justin continued his training at New World School of the Arts High School where he trained in classical ballet and various modern techniques under the guidance of dean of dance Daniel Lewis, Mary Lisa Burns and faculty. After receiving his BFA in dance at The Juilliard School, Justin hopes to join a professional contemporary dance company.
Justin has choreographed at school and professionally. In the summer of 2014, he was commissioned to choreograph Division of Uniformity for the Peter London Global Dance Company in Miami, Florida. While at Juilliard, Justin has choreographed for Choreographers and Composers 2014, collaborating with composer Louis Cruz to create a new work, Mirror Stage. He has also been selected to choreograph for Senior Production in the spring of 2016.
Justin began his formal dance training at the age of eight at local studio Dance Empire under the guidance of Angel Fraser-Logan and various other teachers. Justin continued his training at New World School of the Arts High School where he trained in classical ballet and various modern techniques under the guidance of dean of dance Daniel Lewis, Mary Lisa Burns and faculty. After receiving his BFA in dance at The Juilliard School, Justin hopes to join a professional contemporary dance company.
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