Colin Jacob began his dance career at the age of 17 in Cleveland, Ohio in 2011. Under the direction of Christine Meneer, at Ballet Theatre of Ohio in Akron, Ohio he developed his passion for ballet. After two summers attending the International Summer Intensive at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he began as a student at the University in the fall of 2012.

 During his time at Point Park University, he was able to perform pieces by George Balanchine, Dwight Rhoden, Christopher Huggins, Peter Merz, Garfield Lemonius, Keisha Lalama, Nicholas Petrov, and Ron Tassone to name a few. Additionally, he had the privilege of competing at Youth American Grand Prix (YAGP) Ballet Competition where he placed in the Top 12 regionally as a soloist and was placed in the Top 12 in the group category at New York City Finals. His performance was noticed and asked to be a part of the International Ballet Festival of Miami in 2014. He graduated with his Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Ballet Technique in the Spring of 2015. After graduation, he danced as a company artist with Merztanz Contemporary Ballet for their summer production.

 Following his success at YAGP, he was invited to join the Ballet West Trainee Program in the fall of 2015. After a year of training with Ballet West, he had danced nationally as a guest artist, performed principal roles at the school showcase, won the regional YAGP Pas de Deux category, and later placed in the Top 6 of the New York City Finals. Colin accepted a position to join the South Carolina Ballet (formerly Columbia City Ballet) in Columbia, South Carolina, under the direction of William Starrett. He spent 3 seasons with the company, being promoted to Demi-Soloist in 2019. Having the pleasure of dancing roles in Starrett’ Ballets, “A Midsummers Night’s Dream” (Puck), “The Sleeping Beauty” (Bluebird), “Dracula” (Renfield), “The Nutcracker” (Nutcracker Prince / Dew Drop Cavalier). He was able to work with other choreographers such as Yusha Sorenzo, Susan Anderson, James Atkinson, Caroline Lewis-Jones, Jerry Openaker, and Stephanie Wilkins to name a few.

In the fall of 2019, Colin joined Ballet Virginia in Norfolk, Virginia, as a Featured Artist, under the direction of Lydia Coco Roberts. He danced roles by Suzanne Long & Janina Michalski in, “The Nutcracker” (Sugar Plum Cavalier), “The Sleeping Beauty” (Prince Desire), Jacquelyn Long’s Pas de Deux, “It Just Keeps Going”, and Fredrick Ashton’s “Les Patineurs” (Blue Boy / White Couple Pas de Deux), and many featured moments of pieces by Lydia Coco Roberts. During the spring of 2020, Colin was invited as a Guest Artist to perform with the Richmond Ballet in Richmond, Virginia, under the direction of Ma Cong (previously Stoner Winslett) and was invited to join the company the following season.

After joining the Richmond Ballet in 2021, where he continues to dance in the company, Colin has found incredible success and has had the pleasure of working with many notable choreographers in the field. Some of these names include, Ma Cong, Nicolo Fonte, Andi Schermoly, John Butler, Nancy Paradis, Yury Yanowsky, Stoner Winslett, Ben Stevenson, Katarzyna Skarpetowksa, Tom Mattingly, and Jennifer Archibald. Notably the Principal Couple in George Balanchine’s, “Allegro Brilliante”, Benvolio in Malcolm Burn’s, “Romeo and Juliet”, The Lover in Young Soon Hue’s, “Vanishing Point”, and the Secretly Pas de Deux in Val Caniparoli’s, What’s Going On?”.

Colin is currently a graduate student for his Master of Fine Arts through Montclair State University and will be finished with this program in Spring 2026. He teaches and choreographs around the country in both the concert and competition dance spectrum.