jess bio JESSICA TATUM

Jessica began dancing at the age of 4, and received training in ballet, jazz, and modern at Metropolitan Ballet Theatre and Academy in Gaithersburg, MD. After deciding to pursue dance as a career, she also spent summers at The Washington Ballet School, Charlotte Ballet, and Nashville Ballet School. She graduated Cum Laude from the University of Cincinnati in 2018 with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in ballet and a minor in Business Administration. She has performed in numerous classical ballets including Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Paquita, Les Slyphides, and the Nutcracker, as well numerous modern and contemporary works by David Hochoy, Jose Limon, Alonzo King, and Andre Megerdician among others. She is currently a company member at De La Dance Company. Jessica is also an experienced pointe shoe fitter working at Diana's Dancewear, and enjoys both performing with local artists and, of course, teaching at Premier.