2024 Princess Grace Award
Nominated by: Chanel DaSilva, Princess Grace Award winner (Dance 2011)
Roderick George was born in Houston, Texas. George studies at Ben Stevenson’s Houston Ballet Academy and the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. George was a bronze winner of the Youth American Grand Prix in 2005 and a YoungArts Winner and Presidential Scholar in 2003. He has danced professionally for Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Basel Ballet/Theater Basel, GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, and The Forsythe Company.
George founded kNoname Artist in 2015. kNoname Artist has performed at festivals such as Suzanne Dellal, Zurich Tanzhaus, New York Live Arts, Sophiensæle Festspiele, and Kaatsbaan Cultural Park. kNoname Artist will debut at Jacob’s Pillow and Fall for Dance this Fall. George is a YoungArts Fellow Winner, Mertz Gilmore Dancer Awardee, NPC Awardee, and the 2024 inaugural Jacob’s Pillow Men Dancers Award.
