JAE MAN JOO (Rehearsal Director) was born and raised In Kwang-Ju, Korea, where he trained in classical ballet, modern, and traditional Korean dances. He is a graduate of Dankook University in Seoul, Korea, and a 1996 recipient of the Bagnolet International Dance Festival's Best Individual Artist Award. Jae was a principal dancer for Ballet Hispánico for many years before joining Complexions Contemporary Ballet. In 2009 he received The Princess Grace Award for Excellence In Choreography. He has worked with Shen Wei, Zvi Gotheiner, Igal Perry, Jessica Lang. For the past 20 years, he has worked with Complexions Contemporary Ballet in various capacities, including associate artistic director, ballet master, artist- in- residence, and resident choreographer. He created many ballets for the company, including Tears' (Rachmaninoff), Surface (Debussy), Atmosphere (Bach), Flight (Bach) Recur (Richter, Silverstrov) and Goodnight (Arvo Pärt). His outside commissions include works created for Marymount Manhattan College Dance, Alvin Ailey/ Fordham BFA, Ailey II, Jacob's Pillow, Point Park Univ Dance in Pittsburgh, and Wise Ballet Theater in Korea.