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Date Posted	July 16, 2009
News Title	Octavio Nieto-Jacobo
Posted By	Administrator
Octavio Nieto-Jacobo is originally from Guadalajara, Mexico. He studied a variety of dance styles including Mexican folklore, Spanish/Flamenco, tap, jazz, ballroom, and modern. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dancing in London, as well as the American Ballet Cener (Joffrey Ballet School), David Howard Studio, and the New York Conservatory of Dance. While at Mexico's national dance company, C.N.D./Inba (then under the supervision of Alicia Alonso), he was taught by teachers from many different countries including France, Russia, England, the United States, and Argentina. Nieto-Jacobo has taught in a variety of cities throughout the U.S. and Mexico and has been an instructor in the Missouri Folk Arts Program. Nieto-Jacobo was also part of the jury in the Certamen Internacional Para Latinoamerica y El Caribe, an international dance competion. Here in St. Louis he served as a principal dancer and also as Assistant Ballet Master at the St. Louis Ballet. In addition to his role in COCA's faculty, Nieto-Jacobo is a periodic guest choreographer and teacher throughout the region and in Mexico.
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