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Recognition
for Artistic Director Sally Jacques
2008 | United States Artists Fellowship Award Nominee
2007 | Inducted into Austin Arts Hall of Fame
2006 | Samsung Signature Award
2003 | Honorary Lifetime Membership, Golden Key International Honour Society
2003 | YWCA Woman of the Year for Achievement the Arts
1994 | Awarded New Forms Regional Initiative Grant (NFRIG) funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation
1993 | Featured Performer, United Nations Conference on Human Rights, Vienna
1993 | Featured Artist, Performance Magazine, Chicago
1993 | Featured Artist, Art and the Public, Nov/Dec '93 by Saundra Goldman, Atlanta
1992 | Awarded funding from Art Matters, New York City
1991 – present | Ongoing funding from the Texas Commission on the Arts
1988 – present | Ongoing funding from the United States National Endowment for the Arts
1988 | Susan B. Anthony Peace Award, New York Mayor Ed Koch
1986 – present | Ongoing funding from the City of Austin through the Economic Development Department/Cultural Arts Division, believing an investment in the Arts is an investment in Austin's future
Awards
BEST 100 PHOTOS OF 2022 : Belonging – Austin American-Statesman, 2022
TOP 10 WORKS THAT SPOKE TO ME ABOUT 2020 : Beyond the Clouds – Austin Chronicle, 2020
TOP 10 JOYS IN DANCE 2019 : Blue Lapis Light, In Light – Austin Chronicle, 2019
Included in the 2018-2020 TEXAS TOURING ROSTER – Texas Commission on the Arts, 2018
BEST DANCER : Anika Jones & Sunny Jun Shen, Belonging, Part One – Austin Critics Table, 2018
SPECIAL CITATION: ALWAYS A SAFE FLIGHT AWARD : Barry Wilson & BLL Riggers – Austin Critics Table, 2018
BEST SOUND DESIGN* : William Meadows, Belonging, Part One – Austin Critics Table, 2017–2018
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN* : Alex Soto, Belonging, Part One – Austin Critics Table, 2017–2018
TOP 10 DANCE TREASURES OF 2017 : Belonging, Part One – Austin Chronicle, 2017
TOP 10 DANCE TREASURES OF 2016 : Radiance – Austin Chronicle, 2016
BEST DANCE CONCERT* : Blue Lapis Light, Radiance – Austin Critics Table, 2016–2017
BEST CHOREOGRAPHER* : Sally Jacques, Radiance – Austin Critics Table, 2016–2017
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN *: Alex Soto, Radiance – Austin Critics Table, 2016–2017
BEST SOUND DESIGN* : William Meadows, Radiance – Austin Critics Table, 2016–2017
BEST DANCE CONCERT* : Blue Lapis Light, Edge of Grace –Austin Critics Table, 2015–2016
BEST CHOREOGRAPHER* : Sally Jacques, Edge of Grace –Austin Critics Table, 2015–2016
BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE* : Blue Lapis Light, Edge of Grace –Austin Critics Table, 2015–2016
BEST SOUND DESIGN* : William Meadows, Edge of Grace –Austin Critics Table, 2015–2016
BEST CHOREOGRAPHER* : Sally Jacques, In Light – Austin Critics Table, 2014–2015
BEST DANCER* : Nicole Whiteside, In Light – Austin Critics Table, 2014–2015
BEST SOUND DESIGN* : William Meadows, In Light – Austin Critics Table, 2014–2015
TOP 10 KICKY LINKUPS IN 2014 : Whiteside/Jacques, In Light – Austin Chronicle, 2014
BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE : Blue Lapis Light, Heaven-Earth-One – Austin Critics Table, 2013
BEST DANCE CONCERT* : Blue Lapis Light, Heaven-Earth-One – Austin Critics Table, 2013
BEST DANCER* : Nicole Whiteside, Heaven-Earth-One – Austin Critics Table, 2013
BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE* : Blue Lapis Light, Heaven-Earth-One – Austin Critics Table, 2013
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN* : Jason Amato, Heaven-Earth-One – Austin Critics Table, 2013
BEST SOUND DESIGN* : William Meadows, Heaven-Earth-One – Austin Critics Table, 2013
BEST INSTRUMENTALIST* : Terry Muir, Heaven-Earth-One – Austin Critics Table, 2013
TOP 10 DANCE TREASURES 2012 : Heaven-Earth-One – Austin Chronicle, 2012
BEST DANCE COMPANY : Blue Lapis Light – Austin Chronicle Readers Poll, 2012
BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE* : Blue Lapis Light, Devotion – Austin Critics Table, 2011–2012
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN* : Jason Amato, Devotion – Austin Critics Table, 2011–2012
BEST VIDEO DESIGN* : Scott Hathaway, Devotion – Austin Critics Table, 2011–2012
BEST DANCER : Theresa Hardy, One – Austin Critics Table, 2010–2011
TOP 10 DANCE TREASURES OF 2010 : One – Austin Chronicle, 2010
BEST DANCE CONCERT* : Blue Lapis Light, One – Austin Critics Table, 2010-2011
BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE* : Blue Lapis Light, One – Austin Critics Table, 2010-2011
BEST LIGHTING* : Jason Amato, One – Austin Critics Table, 2010-2011
BEST SOUND DESIGN* : William Meadows, One – Austin Critics Table, 2010-2011
POPULAR VOTE WINNER IN DANCE : Blue Lapis Light – Famecast, 2007
BEST DANCE COMPANY : Blue Lapis Light – Austin Chronicle Readers Poll, 2006-2007
BEST DANCE CONCERT : Blue Lapis Light, Requiem – Austin Critics Table, 2006-2007
BEST DANCER : Theresa Hardy & Nicole Whiteside, Requiem – Austin Critics Table, 2006-2007
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN : Jason Amato, Requiem – Austin Critics Table, 2006-2007
BEST SOUND DESIGN : William Meadows, Requiem – Austin Critics Table, 2006-2007
TOP 10 DANCE AND CLASSICAL MUSIC EVENTS : Blue Lapis Light, Requiem – Austin Chronicle, 2006
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN : Jason Amato, Where Nothing Falls II – Austin Critics Table, 2004-2005
TOP 10 PERFORMANCES IN 2004 – Blue Lapis Light, Where Nothing Falls II – Austin Chronicle, 2004
BEST DANCE CONCERT* : Blue Lapis Light, Where Nothing Falls II – Austin Critics Table, 2004-2005
BEST DANCE CONCERT : Sally Jaques, Blue Pearl – Austin Critics Table, 2000
* Nomination
Publications & Exhibitions
featuring Sally Jacques
2022-07 | International Association for PE, Dance and Sport (IAHPEDS) and the National Dance Society (NDS) joint conference
2021 | Featured in Dance Appreciation, a collegiate textbook by Dawn Davis Loring and Julie L. Pentz
2019-04 | Featured Speaker at Pecha Kucha Austin #33
2020 | Featured in Barton Creek Time Stream Exhibit installed permanently at the Beverly S. Sheffield Education Center at Barton Springs in Austin, Texas
2019 | Flying High Above the Texas Sky: Aerial Dance Takes off in the Lone Star State by Nichelle Suzanne in Arts and Culture Texas
2018 | Belonging (a short film based on site work Belonging, Part One) filmed by Christopher Kim of KLRU was one of 13 films selected for SXSW Community Screening: 2018 Faces of Austin
2017 | Belonging (based on Belonging, Part One) featured on Austin’s PBS affiliate KLRU TV show Arts in Context
2015 | 64 Beds for the Homeless, a documentary, exhibited in New York City, Berlin, and Madrid
2014 | Here and Beyond (based on In Light) featured on Austin’s PBS affiliate KLRU TV show Arts in Context
2009 | One of fourteen choreographers featured in Site Dance: Choreographers and the Lure of Alternative Spaces by editors Carolyn Pavlik & Melanie Kloetzel. (University Press, Florida, 2009)
2006 | Featured in the "2006 Faces Of Austin" installation at Austin City Hall
2004 | Featured on Austin's PBS affiliate KLRU TV show Austin Now
1996 | Published 64 Beds and Other Site Works (Plain View Press, 1996)
Based on her site work 64 Beds held at the Jefferson Memorial as well as sites in Houston and Austin. Featuring over 100 performers, 64 Beds raised awareness of the plight of the homeless.1988 – present | Essays about Jacques’ work have been published in Portugal, New Zealand, and in other publications including Atlanta’s Arts Papers
PRESS
2023-09 | KUT 90.5 - 'I'm always looking up': Sally Jacques on Blue Lapis Light's latest aerial dance performance
2023-09 | CBS Austin - Blue Lapis Light presents 'Belonging II Universe" a live aerial dance performance
2023-09 | Fox 7 Austin - Blue Lapis Light performs Belonging to Universe
2023-09 | Tribeza - Blue Lapis Light: Elevating Dance to New Heights of Artistry in Austin
2022-09 | Fox 7 Austin - Blue Lapis Light performs 'Belonging' in Seaholm District
2022-09 | KVUE - Dancers take flight for a cause at Austin's Seaholm Plaza
2022-09 | CBS Austin - Blue Lapis Light performs at Seaholm District Plaza
2022-09 | Austin Woman - Blue Lapis Light’s Belonging
2022-09 | KUT 90.5 - 'Feeling and passion and possibility': Blue Lapis Light performs 'Belonging' at Seaholm
2022-09 | The Austin American-Statesman - ‘You feel like you’re flying’: Aerial dancers coming to Seaholm Plaza this month
2022-08 | KMFA 89.5 - Upcoming Events from "Songs in the Skyspace, "Lookout Fest" + "Blue Lapis Light"
2021-10 | The Austin Chronicle - Five Things… Your weekly guide to the best happenings in Austin
2021-10 | Tribeza - Blue Lapis Light Creates Mesmerizing Performances with Edge of Grace
2021-10 | Fox 7 Austin - Blue Lapis Light set to perform “Edge of Grace”
2020-12 | The Austin Chronicle - 10 Works That Spoke to Me About 2020
2020-10 | The Austin Chronicle - Blue Lapis Light's Beyond the Clouds
2019-10 | IBC Bank - IBC Bank Partners with Blue Lapis Light
2019-09 | The Austin Chronicle - Blue Lapis Light's In Light
2019-09 | CBS Austin - From the stage to the sky!
2019-09 | Fox 7 Austin - Blue Lapis Light Performing Downtown
2019-09 | Curbed Austin - Open Congress brings Texas politics to the street
2019-09 | KUT 90.5 - Aerial Dance Work ‘In Light’ Aims for Hope and Transformation
2019-05 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 5 Must-see Dance Shows this Summer
2019-04 | WESA 90.5 - Public Art And Performances Highlight 60th Edition Of Three Rivers Arts Festival
2018-12 | The Austin Chronicle - Austin’s Hottest WInter Date Ideas
2018-10 | The Austin Chronicle - The Arts Funding Matrix: Reloaded
2018-09 | The Austin Chronicle - Blue Lapis Light’s Belonging, Part One
2018-09 | Fox 7 Austin - Blue Lapis in Austin
2018-09 | The Austin Chronicle - 10 Recommended Arts Events This Fall
2018-09 | The Austin Chronicle - Seen / Soon
2018-09 | CBS Austin - High-Flying Performances with Blue Lapis Light
2018-06 | Austin360 - Winners rejoice for 2018 Austin Critics Table Awards
2017-09 | Fox 7 Austin - BLL Performances at Seaholm District Plaza
2017-09 | The Austin Chronicle - Five Arty Things to Do This Weekend
2017-09 | CBS Austin - Blue Lapis Light: Belonging
2017-05 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Preview: Aerial troupe Blue Lapis Light takes dance to new heights
2017-05 | Next Pittsburgh - 10 Pittsburgh events not to miss in June
2017-04 | WTAE - Three Rivers Arts Festival returns to Pittsburgh in June:
2016-08 | The Austin Chronicle - Other Options
2016-06 | Fox 7 Austin - Blue Lapis Light at Long Center
2015-12 | The Austin Chronicle - Movers & Shakers
2015-09 | The Austin Chronicle - Blue Lapis Light's Edge of Grace
2015-09 | The Austin Chronicle - Moving Toward the Edge of Grace
2015-01 | The Austin Chronicle - All Over Creation: Wide Open Spaces
2014-12 | The Austin Chronicle - Give a gift that keeps on giving – to your local creatives
2014-07 | CBS Austin - Soar Through the Air with Blue Lapis Light
2013-11 | KUT 90.5 - KUT & KUTX Holiday
2013-11 | The Austin Chronicle - The Great Artdoors
2012-12 | The Austin Chronicle - 'Awakening'
2011-06 | The Austin Chronicle - Devotion
2009-06 | The Austin Chronicle - Impermanence
2009-05 | Home on Derange - Blue Lapis Light