JESSICA SMITH
JESSICA SMITH is a New York City based dancer from New Orleans, Louisiana. She studied at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, London Contemporary Dance School, and received her BFA in dance from the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College. She has performed with companies such as Punchdrunk's Sleep No More NYC, Vim Vigor Dance Company, ZviDance and Kizuna Dance.
She continues to teach and set work at schools, festivals, and training programs throughout the U.S. and internationally including: Juilliard, Purchase College, Princeton University, Rutgers University, Barnard College, Springboard Danse Montreal (Canada), Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts Camp, Peridance Certificate Program, Gibney Dance, Blois Danse Festival (France), and DanzaMed Temporada Internacional de Danza de Medellín (Columbia).
Jessica is the Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Dual Rivet, a highly physical contemporary dance company based in NYC, as well as the Associate Director of Arts on Site NYC, a non-profit arts organization. Jessica is currently on Faculty at The Juilliard School, Gibney, and Peridance.
Photo credit courtesy of Art Davison
She continues to teach and set work at schools, festivals, and training programs throughout the U.S. and internationally including: Juilliard, Purchase College, Princeton University, Rutgers University, Barnard College, Springboard Danse Montreal (Canada), Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts Camp, Peridance Certificate Program, Gibney Dance, Blois Danse Festival (France), and DanzaMed Temporada Internacional de Danza de Medellín (Columbia).
Jessica is the Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Dual Rivet, a highly physical contemporary dance company based in NYC, as well as the Associate Director of Arts on Site NYC, a non-profit arts organization. Jessica is currently on Faculty at The Juilliard School, Gibney, and Peridance.
Photo credit courtesy of Art Davison