Jazz Bynum

Jazz Khai Bynum is a company corps artist in Ballet West. She began training at the age of 5 with Hudson Repertory Dance Theatres’ after school program. She continued her training in Maryland where she danced at Maryland Youth Ballet and Dance Theatre of Harlems’ Residency Program at the Kennedy Center. Ms. Bynum has also received her B.F.A in Contemporary Performance with an emphasis in ballet from The Boston Conservatory. Her goals as a ballet dancer are to become a principal dancer, be apart of the change to normalize black faces in ballet companies and dismantle microaggressions in our workspace, be an example for young brown and black ballerinas that we do belong, and to create awareness and better care for young dancers and dancers in higher education to have the proper facilities to recover from injuries and daily care. Ms. Bynum came to Ballet West as a Trainee in 2018, joined Ballet West II in 2019 and now is in her first season in the main company. In addition to becoming a professional ballerina Ms. Bynum wants to publish a few books, and open her own Wedding and Event Planning business. Ms. Bynum lives her life passionately and will always strive to spread love and positivity.