Ballet

Texas Youth Ballet and an apprentice with the Austin Contemporary Ballet from 1993-1996.  Ms. Stephenson participated on full scholarship in the CORPS (Collaboration Outreach Recognition Performance Scholars) program and joined the Portland Ballet Company, performing as a soloist and member of the corps in works such as The Nutcracker, Carmina Burana and Bolero.  In 1999, she was invited to perform with the Ram Island Dance Company and later that year moved to New York to study professionally at the Joffrey Ballet/New School University's B.F.A. program.  There she studied with Rachel Berman, Eleanor D'Antuano, David Howard, Katharine Posin, Trinette Singleton, among others.  In 2002, she moved to Maryland to pursue a B.A. in Pyschology and was an active member of Goucher College's Dance Department, working with notable artists such as Robert Moses, Stephen Mills, Christopher D'Amboise, and Paul Vasterling.  After graduating from Goucher in 2004, Jessica moved back to New York to become certified under master Pilates instructors, Romana Kryzanowska and Sari Mejia-Santo.  Ms. Stephenson has performed professionally with the New York Dance Theater, VanDance Inc., ClancyWorks Dance Company, The Art of the Solo, and as a free-lance artist on numerous projects. Ms. Stephenson currently teaches dance and Pilates at Goucher College, the Sudbrook Arts Centre and the Maryland School of Ballet and Modern Dance.