2014
Launch of Jacob Jonas The Company at Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica
Incorporated as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
Invited to perform at the internationally known Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival.
Launch of #CamerasandDancers - a global dance photography event partnering with dance companies, architectural firms, art institutions and photographers.
2015
“If break dancing and concert dance had a baby, it would be the Jacob Jonas company.”
- Los Angeles Times
#CamerasandDancers in partnership with The Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
2016
Presented at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, CA.
Invited to perform at The Kennedy Center for their global arts summit hosted by Yo Yo Ma.
Premiere of To the Sea: Dance Concerts on the Pier - an international festival produced and presented by JJTC with support from City of Santa Monica.
2017
Company in Residence at The Wallis for 2018/2019 Season premiering 6 works over the season.
#CamerasandDancers in partnership with The Met and Whitney Museum in New York City.
Performance at Alice Tully Hall for Dance Against Cancer - supporting raising funds for the American Cancer Society.
2018
Jacob and JJTC awarded Santa Monica Arts Foundation's Bruria Finkleman Community Award.
Hired by Kanye West to choreograph and cast his opera series with performances at Hollywood Bowl, ArtBasel Miami, and Lincoln Center.
2019
Collaboration at UTA Artist Space to open their show with Arcmanoro Niles. Premiere of Juxtapose.
Launch of Films.Dance - a global platform and creative studio featuring 40 original short films with over 8 million views. Produced in partnership with BAM, Harris Theater, The Soraya, The Wallis, Stanford Live & Stanford Global Studies.
PARKED - JJTC produces and presents the first dance performance of the pandemic - a drive in event.
Feature in LALA Magazine.
2020
Activate LA - self produced series transforming non-traditional spaces into open air stages. 3 distinct venues sharing world premiere works.
“Best of Dance 2021” -Washington Post
Featured for the Gap Fall Denim Campaign
2021
Gifted a 20,000 square foot space at Water Garden Santa Monica to develop a creative home and performance season. JJTC presented live performances, taught open community classes, hosted workshops & intensives for the next generation of students, and supported an artist-in-residence program.
Jacob diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer.
JJTC featured in Elton John & Britney Spear’s Hold Me Closer Music Video.
2022
Continued our self-produced performance season at Water Garden.
Creative residency and intensive at Orsolina28 in Italy, working with 80 international students and developing new work.
2023
Pre-production and creation of Jacob’s newest work Restart with support from Orsolina28 and Guild Hall as their William P Rayner Artist in Residence.
“Jacob Jonas Flying High in Dance” - Exhibition Magazine
2024
Expanded our self-produced performance series across Los Angeles. 5 new programs marking a new chapter of growth, visibility, and creative ambition.
Creative residency at Perry Mansfield in Steamboat Springs, CO - the longest running dance campus in the United States.
Performance for the opening of Longchamp’s flagship store in SoHo NYC.