Daisy Jacobson

Daisy Jacobson (dancer) is from Los Angeles and earned her BFA in dance from the Juilliard School in 2017. She then joined Benjamin Millepied’s Los Angeles Dance Project, where she performed in new works and repertoire by Millepied, Justin Peck, Kyle Abraham, Ohad Naharin, Martha Graham, Bella Lewitzky, Janie Taylor, Madeline Hollander, Gianna Reisen, Jill Johnson, Bobbi Jene Smith, and Or Schraiber. In 2022, Jacobson guested with Twyla Tharp Dance, performing in the revival of In The Upper Room and Nine Sinatra Songs. Since leaving LADP to pursue freelance work, she has danced in Tharp’s Ocean’s Motion and The Ballet Masters for the company’s season at the Joyce Theater and in How Long Blues at Little Island in 2024. Jacobson was also a guest artist at Vail Dance this past summer, where she reconstructed and performed Tharp’s 1903 and premiered Justin Peck’s Nine Freights. She will be joining the festival again in 2025. Jacobson is also a part of Grace, Millepied’s new production in Paris. She is a YoungArts competition winner as well as a Princess Grace Award nominee and a Presidential Scholar in the Arts. Jacobson is thrilled to join Twyla Tharp’s 60th Anniversary tour.