Pop Up Dances Festival 

Nathan Bear
Emerging Artist at Ballet BC

Nathan Bear (He/Him/His) grew up locally in Langley, BC and began to dance at the age of six. He trained at Tri-City Dance Centre before joining Arts Umbrella’s Graduate Program under the guidance of Artemis Gordon. During Nathan’s education he preformed works by Crystal Pite, Marco Goecke, Johan Inger, William Forsythe, Paxton Ricketts, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Ethan Colangelo, Rebecca Margolick, Fernando Hernando Magadan and Medhi Walerski. Nathan had the opportunity to expand his education and participate in company summer intensives such as Netherlands Dans Theatre (NDT) and Complexions Contemporary Ballet. He was the recipient of Ballet BC’s Dancers of Today scholarship which allowed him to continue his training and be a representative of his Indigenous culture. In 2025/26 Nathan is very humbled and grateful to be heading into his second season as an Emerging Artist with Ballet BC.

Jacalyn Tatro

A native of Naperville, Illinois, Jacalyn Tatro began her training with Inspire School of Dance, and in May 2022, graduated with a BFA in dance from The Juilliard School. During her time there, she worked personally with choreographers such as Bobbi Jene Smith, Ohad Naharin, Azure Barton, and Justin Peck. In the spring of 2022, she was chosen for Terese Capucilli’s recreation of Martha Graham’s 1937 solo, “Deep Song”, becoming the first dancer after Ms. Graham to perform the solo set to its original Henry Cowell music score. Since her time at Ballet BC, Jacalyn has had the privilege of working on repertoire by Medhi Walerski, Crystal Pite, Johan Inger, William Forsythe, Sharon Eyal, Roy Assaf, Jiri Pokorny, and others. Jacalyn enjoys the challenge of new experiences and has completed Springboard Danse Montreal, the Gaga Lab, Hubbard Street Summer Dance Intensive, Complexions Contemporary Ballet Intensive, which allowed her to study the repertoire by Crystal Pite, Ohad Naharin, Nacho Duato, William Forsythe, and Hofesh Shechter. Jacalyn is honored to be returning for a fourth season as a company artist with Ballet BC.
Eduardo Jiménez Cabrera

Eduardo was raised in Cartago, Costa Rica, where he felt an undeniable attraction to movement practices. This led him to begin his dance training at the age of 15. In 2020 he obtained a BFA in Dance from The University of the Arts under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfield. During his time in the United States he was a part of BigKid Dance, led by Mark Caserta and Bocatuya, directed by Omar Román de Jesús. He has also worked with Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary arts collective Tribe, under the direction of Shamel Pitts. Eduardo joined Ballet BC in 2023 as an emerging artist. He has performed works by Crystal Pite, Shahar Binyamini, William Forsythe, Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, Johan Inger, Out-Innerspace, Medhi Walerski, Imre and Manre Van Opstal, Marco Goecke, Fernando Hernando Magadan, Andrea Peña, Paxton Ricketts, Mark Caserta, Omar Román de Jesús and Jesse Zarrit. Eduardo is currently a full company member with Ballet BC.

Photo by Millisa Martin

Instead of the duet by *Jacalyn Tatro & Eduardo Jiménez Cabrera, audiences will experience a special solo by Nathan Bear.