Jacopo Calvo performs in The Nutcracker 2023

Jacopo Calvo (The Cavalier) was born in Asti, Italy. He began his dance training at the age of 11 at his hometown school, Ritmo Danza. At 18 he moved to New York City where he attended The Ailey School on scholarship. He has worked with choreographers such as Marcus Jarrell Willis, Brice Mousset, Ray Mercer, Earl Mosley and also with Francesca Harper and artist Nick Cave in The Let Go at the Park Avenue Armory. He has attended summer intensives with American Ballet Theater and Complexions Contemporary Ballet, as well as RESET 2021 with Studio Wayne McGregor. Jacopo has performed alongside the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for its 60th anniversary season in Memoria at New York City Center and for the Ailey Spirit Gala in the David Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. He is currently dancing in New York City with Complexions Contemporary Ballet, performing across the US and internationally.