J A C K I E K O P C S A K
DANCE EDUCATOR - CHOREOGRAPHER - PHOTOGRAPHER
J A C K I E K O P C S A K
Dance Educator / Curator / Director / Choreographer / Producer
V I D E O S
Choreography
Sizzle Reel (2025)
Featuring excerpts from projects with the Angeles Chorale, ArtistPlus Productions, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Music & More SummerFest, NBC Sports, UC Irvine, USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, USC Thornton School of Music, USC Viterbi film "Volare" and the Yoshiki 'Requiem' World Tour. Music: Original Composition by Mercer Meeks.
En Plein Air, excerpt (2025)
For Maurice Ravel's 150th Birthday Year. This piece was inspired by French Impressionism, and choreographed in collaboration with the dancers of the USC Glorya Kaufman
School of Dance. Music: 'Adagio Assai' from the 'Piano Concertoin G Major' by Maurice Ravel. Costumes by Kathryn Poppen. Lighting by LJ Curiel. Video by RYBG.
VOLARE
Trailer for the USC Viterbi film written and directed by Dennis Lee and Adam Smith. Original music and lyrics by Reuben Levine. Cinematography by Carmen Hilbert.
an excerpt from
Divertissement Degas
Claire Trevor Theatre; University of California, Irvine
Music: Leo Delibes. Lighting design by Kristin Rachel Neu. Costume design by Kate Poppen and Jackie Kopcsak.
“Fun and humor abounded ... frequently leaving the audience in stitches”
- New University, May 14, 2013
Short trailer of the one-act narrative ballet
Divertissement Degas
Claire Trevor Theatre; University of California, Irvine
Music: Leo Delibes. Lighting design by Kristin Rachel Neu. Costume design by Kate Poppen and Jackie Kopcsak.
"A rich, nuanced show ... full of beauty and wit”
“a compelling combination of ballet, acting, art history and opera”
- New University, May 14, 2013
WHY NOT?
Featuring the dancers of USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. Music: SWING! The Musical Original Broadway Cast Recording. Costume Design: Kathryn Poppen. Lighting Design: Michael Korsch. Tap Choreography: Jason Rodgers and cast. Lindy Hop Couples: Josette Wiggan. Filmed by RYBG at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, CA.
Movement Exploration
In the studio with USC Kaufman dancers Coco Alvarez-Mena, Joseph Hetzer and Juan Posada Penagos (2017).
Appalachian Spring Highlight Reel
ArtistsPlus Productions in collaboration with the American Youth Symphony; Juan Felipe Molano, Conductor. Featuring dancers Laura Alexich, James Folsom, Joseph Hetzer, Juan Posada Penagos and Jennifer Sherry (2017).
Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
from PAIR/US
Music: Maurice Ravel 'Valses Nobles et Sentimentales'; Pianist: Grace Chung; Dancers (in order of appearance): Elise Monson and Anthony Tette, Ciara Billups and Dylan Amsterdam; Jordan Powell and Cameron Cofrancesco; Isabella Caso and Luke Qualls (2020).
excerpts from
Music & More SummerFest
Featuring dancers Alyssa Allen, Brendan Evans and Sophia Oddi. ArtistsPlus Productions with Music & More Summerfest, Tatjana Rankovich, Artistic Director. Trebinje, Bosnia-Herzegovina (2019).
Sweet Nothings
Created in collaboration with USC Kaufman dancers Valerie Chen, Hope Patterson, Amanda Peet, and Louie Williams. Music: Schumann, 'Der Nussbaum' sung by Bryn Terfel. Costumes by Kathryn Poppen. Filmed by Nel Shelby Productions at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, July 2024.