Aaron Jensen

Ballet Accompanist
Close headshot of Aaron Jensen, a White man with a gray short beard wearing a white collared shirt. Behind him is a blue sky and palm tree.

Aaron Jensen is a pianist and principal accompanist for the dance division of Boston Conservatory at Berklee. He has played for institutions such as Boston Ballet, Harvard Radcliffe, Emerson College, Ballet Theater of Boston, and accompanied pre-performance classes for Mark Morris Dance Group and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Combining his classical training with his experience in other genres and improvisational skills, he plays fluently for both ballet and modern techniques, including the codified systems of Horton and Graham.

Jensen has accompanied master classes and courses taught by dancers of New York City Ballet, Paul Taylor, Joffrey Ballet, Boston Ballet, Jose Limón, The Royal Ballet, Martha Graham, Lar Lubovitch, Alwin Nikolais, Murray Louis, Paris Opera Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Prometheus, Twyla Tharp, Ballet Hispánico, Bill T. Jones, San Francisco Ballet, Alvin Ailey, Sean Curran, Ballet West and Utah’s Repertory Dance Theater, among others. Outside of dance, he has played jazz, accompanied various choral ensembles, instrumentalists, and vocal soloists. 

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