Jainil Mehta
PHONE: (213) 431-9930/ +91 9322624242
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HEIGHT: 5’9”
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
2017 – PRESENT USC GLORYA KAUFMAN SCHOOL OF DANCE: Los Angeles, CA
• Soloist in Hissy Fits (Excerpt) by Dwight Rhoden
• Soloist in Enemy in the Figure (Excerpt) by William Forsythe
• Dancer in Disrupt (World Premiere) by Matthew Neenan
• Dancer in Symphony of Psalms by Jiří Kylián
• Dancer in Monger (Excerpt) by Barak Marshall
• Dancer in Delicate Balance (Excerpt) by Jodie Gates
• Understudy in Lickety Split by Alejandro Cerrudo
• Understudy in Company B by Paul Taylor
• Understudy as a Shark in USC’s West Side Story
PRESENT Social Media Influencer, Instagram & YouTube Los Angeles & Mumbai
JANUARY 2020 Guest Teacher, Zhuhai WuJiu Dance Academy Zhuhai, China
2020 USC Kaufman Connections Dance Teacher, Community Outreach Program Los Angeles, CA
2020 Apprentice with Blue13 Dance Company Los Angeles, CA
FEBRUARY 2020 Dancer in Terpsichore in Ghungroos, Blue 13 Dance Company Los Angeles, CA
OCTOBER 2019 Host, USC’s First Ever Dance Convention ‘Aarambh-The Beginning’ Los Angeles, CA
SEPTEMBER 2019 Male Lead for Big Wild’s music video ‘6’s to 9’s Los Angeles, CA
TRAINING & EDUCATION
2017 – PRESENT USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, BFA in Dance Los Angeles, CA
2006 – 2017 Shiamak Davar International Mumbai, India
2012 – 2017 School of Classical Ballet & Western Dance Mumbai, India
2015 Debbie Allen Summer Intensive Los Angeles, CA
CHOREOGRAPHIC EXPERIENCE
NOVEMBER 2019 Fanaa-Destroyed in Love, USC Kaufman Choreographic Showcase Los Angeles, CA
SEPTEMBER 2019 6’s to 9’s, Big Wild’s music video Los Angeles, CA
MARCH 2019 Fun Home Musical, USC School of Dramatic Arts Los Angeles, CA
MARCH 2019 Breathless (collaborative), USC Choreographers & Composers Los Angeles, CA
FEBRUARY 2019 Ibaadat-E-Ishq, USC Kaufman Choreographic Showcase Los Angeles, CA
2018 USC Zeher Bollywood Dance Team, Head Choreographer Los Angeles, CA
JUNE 2018 DECODED, Self-produced, written & directed Mumbai, India
MARCH 2018 CoLab Project, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance London, UK
MAY 2017 Alankar-The Little Jewels, Self-produced, written & directed Mumbai, India
JULY 2015 Chimera- A Dream, Self-produced, written & directed Mumbai, India
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2018 – PRESENT USC Academic Achievement Award Los Angeles, CA
2013 – 2016 Distinction, Royal Academy of Dance Mumbai, India
2016 Distinction, Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing Mumbai, India
MASTER CLASSES & WORKSHOPS SKILLS & ACTIVITIES
Akram Khan Dance Company, Aszure Barton, Black Grace Dance SKILLS: Improvisation, Partnering, Drawing, Painting, Acting, Costume
Company, Jon Boogz, Sir Matthew Bourne, Dana Caspersen, Hope Boykin, Design, Set Design, Event Management, Marketing, Planning, Organizing
Bret Easterling, Teddy Forance, Marjani Forté-Saunders, Zippora Karz, LEADERSHIP: USC Kaufman Student Ambassador, President of FIDAA
Fiona Lummis, Barak Marshall, Emily Molnar, Victor Quijada, Dwight USC, Member of International Student Committee, Head Boy & Cultural
Rhoden, Desmond Richardson, Silas Riener, Niharika Senapati, Jermaine Representative
Spivey, Spenser Theberge, Christian Vincent, Rauf “RubberLegz” Yasit ADMINISTRATIVE & TECHNICAL: iMovie, Microsoft Office, GarageBand,
Sound Forge Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Mailchimp, HubSpot, Wix
