IN THE PRESS
The New York Times
Review: A Tharp Master Class on Themes, Variations and Allusions
A program celebrating Twyla Tharp’s 60th year making dances features the masterwork “Diabelli” and the fresh new “Slacktide,” set to Philip Glass.
The New Yorker
Spring Culture Preview
And then there is her energizing effect on dancers, who on this occasion include Renan Cerdeiro, until recently of Miami City Ballet—a classical dancer through and through—and the unstoppable Daisy Jacobson.
Observer
Daisy Jacobson and Miriam Gittens On Dancing for Twyla Tharp
It started sixty years ago with a ragtag troupe of dancers performing in the streets, long before site-specific was a thing. Back then, Twyla Tharp Dance was just “a bunch of broads doing God’s work,” as Tharp put it. Today, with a shelf full of accolades—a Tony, MacArthur Genius Grant, Emmy, Kennedy Center Honors, a Guggenheim Fellowship—she’s a household name among modern dance fans…
Marina Harss / Dancing Around
On the Waterfront - Twyla Tharp Puts on a Show at Little Island
My eye kept returning to Daisy Jacobson, whose intensity, clarity, and sense of humor were like a beacon. (To me, she became a stand-in for Tharp.)
The New York Times
The World Needs an Action Hero. Enter Twyla Tharp (and Camus).
Leading off the summer season at Little Island in Manhattan, the choreographer presents “How Long Blues,” with T Bone Burnett and David Mansfield.
The New York Times
Best Dance Performances of 2022
The New York Times
Review: From Twyla Tharp, the Effort and Possibilities of Dancing
The New York Times
Review: L.A. Dance Project Celebrates Female Choreographers
DANCE magazine
'On the rise'
It isn’t easy to stand out when you’re a newbie in a pack of fearless dancers. But Daisy Jacobson does, and effortlessly. Onstage with Benjamin Millepied’s L.A. Dance Project, she combines the refinement of her classical training with a soulful, infectious attack, making her impossible to miss….
Global Citizen
17 of Our Favorite Moments From 'Global Citizen Live' in Los Angeles
From Stevie Wonder’s spectacular performance to a moving interpretive dance piece from Daisy Jacobson, the Los Angeles event awed fans around the world from the iconic Greek Theatre in Griffith Park.
DanceTeacher
'Dance Teacher Mag'
Her words that day lit a fire in me, and for years I worked to apply her correction. That class, and her lessons on digging deeper, have ultimately been therapeutic for me. Now, as a professional with L.A. Dance Project, I’m prepared for the darker works…
DANCE magazine
'Friday Film Break'
Soon after, Shulman Smith’s team reached out to her about choreographing and dancing in the video. He’d seen her perform with LADP back in 2019 and wanted her to bring the story to life. “Mineral King” became Jacobson’s first professional choreography credit…
Honolulu Magazine
'Breaking the ballet mold'
Ahead of her one-night-only performance in Hawai‘i, the California native reflects on her dancing, childhood trips to the islands and what it’s like to work with Natalie Portman’s husband…
DANCE magazine
'at a crossroads'
But a few experiences shifted Jacobson’s goals, and this fall she will be rehearsing a new work by postmodern choreographer Takehiro Ueyama, as part of the freshman class at Juilliard. —Jenny Dalzell
Easy Reader News
'Easy Reader'
“I met so many amazing artists and became close with all of the dancers,” she says. A few weeks later Jacobson became a YoungArts winner and was awarded the Level 1 scholarship prize in dance. Later she was notified that she’d been one of 60 artists from YoungArts nominated to apply for the honor of Presidential Scholar…