FEATURED VIDEO: Impermanence (2009)
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
Blue Lapis Light has an exciting schedule of events this Spring, including performances at:
- Night of the Bat at The Hyatt Regency
Blue Lapis Light company members will perform at the Hyatt hotel in downtown Austin as part of Night of the Bat on
June 6
AERIAL DANCE CAMP
July 12-16
10am-12pm
Students (ages 9-14) at Blue Lapis Light's Aerial Dance Camp will spend a week having fun learning aerial dance on silks. Read More & Register Here.
Blue Lapis Light's Impermanence was included in two Top 9 lists in the Austin Chronicle:
#1 on the Top 9 Lasting Impressions in Dance From 2009 - "Four stories up, seemingly lit by phosphorescence against the infinity of night, harnessed dancers floated through perpendicular somersaults like rotating stars. Spectacle, yes, but the pinnacle of spectacle: the creation of an engrossing otherworld."
#6 on the Top 9 Dance and Classical Music Treasures of 2009 - "In sending more aerial dancers skyward than ever before and having more of them partner together, choreographer Sally Jacques created new wonders in the heavens, airborne duets that intertwined mortality and infinity."
Sally Jacques is featured in the recently released book Site Dance: Choreographers and the Lure of Alternative Spaces
SALLY JACQUES has traversed the globe, creating renowned dance performances and taking up political, environmental, human and animal rights causes.
According to Robert Faires of The Austin Chronicle, Sally Jacques' dance works inspire "a kind of wonder that connects us to the grandeur of creation." Jacques has produced site-specific dance works for over two decades: on the shores of Austin's Town Lake; at the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.; in an empty swimming pool; on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol; on bridges; in warehouses; in airplane hangars; and on the sides of buildings. Using bungee cords, harnesses, roller skates, skateboards, cloth, ropes, netting and rappelling gear, the ever-changing performance sites are an integral component in the collaborative process. Jacques' 2006 production of Requiem, an aerial dance performance at the site of an abandoned 80-foot high construction project in downtown Austin, "transformed an urban eyesore into a concrete cathedral, " according to Austin Woman magazine.
In 2007 she was inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame. In 2008 she was nominated for a USA Fellowship Award.
The Austin Chronicle Best of Austin Critics Poll named her "Best Site-Works Artist" in 1995, and "Choreographer of the Air" in 2002. Jacques' Where Nothing Falls (2003), Where Nothing Falls II (2004), Whispers of Heaven (2005), Requiem (2006) and Illumination (2007) were all included in the Austin Chronicle's annual Top 10 Arts Performances list.
Sally has taught movement extensively to at-risk teenagers, prison inmates, senior citizens, and the differently-abled for over 20 years. As the Director of Blue Lapis Light, Jacques continues to develop outreach programs that teach movement and body awareness to disadvantaged youth. Through years of experience, Jacques has seen how an understanding of movement and the body's capabilities can boost self-esteem and open up new ideas for children and adults.