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Jasmine Ward

About

Jasmine Ward is a New York City based performer working across dance, musical theater and film/TV. Currently she’s dancing with The Metropolitan Opera and has appeared in productions including Aida (choreography by Alexei Ratmansky), The Magic Flute and Onegin. 

She has also appeared as a principal dancer in Future’s Crushed Up music video, in addition to performing with the artist on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Additional performance credits include New York Theatre Ballet, Brooklyn Ballet, Ballet Next, and The Black Iris Project. 

Her acting work includes performing in Little Dancer directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman, appearing on the Investigation Discovery’s Evil Lives Here, and playing Pecola Breedlove in The Bluest Eye at the Arden Theatre Company. 

“The irony and perfect point of the casting is that the actor/dancer Jasmine Ward is quite lovely and graceful, as well as being excellent in the role.”
The Philadelphia Inquirer 

“There is heartbreaking vulnerability in Jasmine Ward’s portrayal of ill-faded Pecola.”
Talkin' Broadway 

“Ward is a revelation, bringing depth and heartbreak to Pecola…a performance that steals your heart.”
Phindie / The Neals Paper 

Selected Work

  • Actors on stage in ballet costumes with a quote about musical theater displayed above. The quote says, 'This is musical theater as it's never been done before. GO SEE FOR YOURSELF!'

    Little Dancer

    Theater

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  • A woman with braided hair wearing a white dress, holding a red folder and looking surprised or concerned.

    The Bluest Eye

    Theater

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  • Three people, two women and one man, dressed in ballet costumes and standing together on stage.

    Future Music Video

    Music Video

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  • A woman standing on one leg with her eyes closed, wearing a white dress, in a snowy, ornate interior space. Two other women are on the floor, also covered with sheer fabric, appearing to be in a performance or dance pose. Snow is falling indoors.

    Future on Ellen

    Music Video

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  • A young girl dressed as a ballet dancer, wearing a beige pleated dress, ballet slippers, and accessories, posing happily in front of a signage for a ballet ladies' dressing room.

    Aida

    Concert Dance (Metropolitan Opera)

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  • A ballet dancer is performing in a dance studio, wearing a black dress and tan ballet shoes. She has yellow feathers on her head resembling a bird's head, with a long neck extending upwards. The dancer is kneeling on one knee with arms extended gracefully.

    The Magic Flute

    Concert Dance (Metropolitan Opera)

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  • Two ballet dancers practicing in a studio, with one lifting the other overhead, both in ballet poses.

    The Queen of Spades

    Concert Dance (Metropolitan Opera)

  • Two ballet dancers in costume pose on stage, smiling at the camera, with other dancers preparing in the background.

    Black Iris Project

    Concert Dance

  • Four ballet dancers in black long-sleeve tops and peach skirts, standing in front of a mirror in a dressing room, taking a group selfie. They are all wearing pointe shoes.

    Ballet Next

    Concert Dance

  • Close-up of a woman with glasses looking to the side, wearing a pink top, against a beige background.

    Evil Lives Here

    Film & TV

Media

A young woman with dark skin and straight black hair, wearing a sleeveless gray top, looking at the camera with a neutral expression, against a plain light background.
A young African American woman smiling with shoulder-length black hair, wearing a sleeveless dark gray top against a plain white background.
A young woman with shoulder-length black hair sitting on a stool, wearing a loose gray tank top, with her legs spread and hands clasped between her legs, against a plain light gray background.
A young woman in a white ballet leotard and beige tutu, sitting on a wooden floor with a plain gray wall background.
A ballerina sitting on a wooden stool, wearing a pink tutu, with her eyes closed, resting her chin on her hand.
A woman in a pose on a wooden floor with a gray background, wearing a white top and a fluffy pink and white tutu.
A woman in a ballet pose wearing a pink tutu and pointe shoes, smiling at the camera, with a neutral background and wooden floor.
A woman stretching her leg by the ballet barre in a dance studio, holding her ankle and balancing on one foot, with a focused expression.
A woman in a dance studio practicing ballet, standing on pointe on her right foot with her left leg extended behind her and her left arm raised above her head, smiling.
A ballerina stretches in a dance studio, standing on one leg with the other bent, wearing a leotard and tights, near a ballet barre by large windows in a brick-walled room.
A woman with dark hair, smiling, wearing a beige sleeveless top, set against a dark background.
Blurred silhouette of a woman posing with one arm raised and one arm down against a plain background.
A person with long hair leaning against a beige wall, with one arm raised and the other hand pressed on the wall.
A blurred image of a person standing against a plain wall, with one hand raised and the other touching their head.
Ballet dancers performing on stage with a backdrop of large arched windows, some dancers in white tutus with colorful ribbons, others in dark costumes, all in mid-dance pose.
Ballet performance on stage with dancers in tutus and formal costumes, set in a theater with large arched windows and warm lighting.
Three young girls, two holding jump ropes, are playing on a wooden stage. One girl is mid-air jumping with a joyful expression, while the other two watch and smile. They're dressed in vintage-style clothing, and the background shows a rustic set rese
Two women on stage with dark background, one woman dressed as a servant with a sign labeled 'Despair,' holding her hands near her stomach, and the other woman dressed in white with a distressed expression, reaching out with her arm.
A woman singing in a recording studio, wearing a white dress, with another woman blurred in the background.
A woman with braided hair wearing a white dress speaks and gesturing with her hand in a dark setting.
A young girl in a white dress and tights standing on a stage, smiling and gazing upward, with stage lighting highlighting her against a dark background.