Justin Rapaport

Justin Rapaport is from Miami, Florida, where he began dancing at the age of 8. He went on to formally train at New World School of the Arts and The Juilliard School, where he earned his BFA in dance. Justin has also studied at various summer intensives such as Nederlands Dans Theater, Springboard Dance Montreal and Jacobs’s Pillow Contemporary Program. While with Ballet BC, Justin has performed works by choreographers such as Crystal Pite, William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Azsure Barton, Sharon Eyal and Johan Inger, as well as well creations with Emily Molnar, Mehdi Walerski, Adi Salant and Serge Bennathan. Justin also enjoys choregraphing and has done so for his colleagues and companies in Miami, New York and Vancouver. He has recently been selected as a finalist for the Copenhagen International Choregraphy Competition for his duet, “Passing By”. This is Justin’s fifth season with Ballet BC.