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Scott Jovovich

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Born and raised in Philadelphia, Scott Jovovich began performing at the age of eight, and since that time, his career has taken him worldwide. Exploring his wide range of interests, he has worked in diverse areas of the performing arts field, including dance, musical theater, television, print, choreography, directing, teaching, as well as set and costume design.

From 1982-1995, Mr. Jovovich was a Principal dancer with such companies as The Joffrey Ballet, The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, The Northern Ballet Theatre (England) with Rudolph Nureyev, The Universal Ballet (Korea), Ballet Arizona, and the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. His repertoire includes leading roles in ballets by some of the world’s foremost choreographers including: Balanchine, Tudor, DeMille, Ashton, Cranko, Massine, MacMillan, Robbins, Arpino, Joffrey, Lander, Lubovitch, Naharin and Ailey, as well as many of the great 19th Century Classics.

In 1989, Mr. Jovovich appeared in the Tony Award winning musical, JEROME ROBBINS BROADWAY. The experience not only afforded him the opportunity to work closely with Mr. Robbins, but several other musical theater greats, among them, Mary Martin, Adolph Green, Nancy Walker, Betty Comden and Leonard Bernstein. Jovovich worked on two subsequent projects with Mr. Robbins, a reworking of WEST SIDE STORY, and THE HOME PLAY, a play based on Robbins’ life. Since then he has appeared in CAROUSEL at Lincoln Center, ONCE UPON A MATTRESS with Sarah Jessica Parker, and was featured in FOSSE, where he was privileged to learn the incomparable Fosse Legacy from Anne Reinking, and Fosse’s greatest muse, theater and film legend, Gwen Verdon. Mr. Jovovich has appeared in numerous TV commercials and soaps, performed on the 1989, 1997, and 1999 TONY AWARDS Broadcasts, THE ROSIE O’DONNELL SHOW, and was a guest on MONDAY NIGHT SPORTS.

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Jovovich has directed and choreographed for nightclub, musical theater, concert dance, commercials, and industrials. In 1987, his VARIATIONS ON I GOT RYTHMN was created for the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. He directed and choreographed a TV Commercial, also for Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. He’s choreographed several musicals including: THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS, SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS, ANYTHING GOES, ON YOUR TOES, CHICAGO and PAJAMA GAME. Jovovich has created a number of ballets for various companies, among them a full length NUTCRACKER, SEND IN THE CLOWNS, GEORGIE’S BLUES, CARMINA BURANA, BLUE METALLICA, FRANK’S PLACE, GLAZUNOV FANTASY, TANGO TALK, SUMMER’S CALL, O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM, a concert version of PORGY AND BESS, LA MOME PIAF, SLAUGHTER ON TENTH AVENUE, S’WONDERFUL, TIME LAPSE, and GIGILO. Mr. Jovovich also Choreographed the opening number for the 153rd ANNUAL GALA at THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC – 2010 starring Sting in Philadelphia. In 2015, Jovovich collaborated on an award winning documentary, FOSSE Recreated – A Master Class in Dance, in which he served as producer as well Associate Repetiteur, alongside Kathryn Doby, Bob Fosse’s longtime assistant.

As a teacher, Mr. Jovovich has been on the faculty of The Joffrey Ballet School, The Shirley Rock School of The Pennsylvania Ballet, The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School, The Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts, The Brandywine Ballet, The New York City Dance Alliance, The University of the Arts in Phila., and is in high demand around the world as a Master Teacher. Since January of 2013, Jovovich has been on Faculty at Pace University at Pace Performing Arts, as a full time Lecturer. In 2008, Mr. Jovovich incorporated JovoDance Productions, a company that provides training in the Performing Arts, Costume and Dancewear Lines, Choreography and Direction and Performing Opportunities, with studios in Bucks County Pa.

Jovovich received his training from several of the most renowned teachers in the performing arts field, including Patricia Wilde, Lupe Serrano, Cherie Noble, Barbara Wiesberger, Lee Theodore, Benjamin Harkavy, John Prinz, Maggie Black, Valentina Pereyaslavic, Edward Myers, Gwen Verdon, Anne Reinking and Jerome Robbins. He studied voice with Paul Elkin, Gene McLaughlin, and Tom Sheppard, and received his drama training from The Pittsburgh Playhouse.