Staff - Summer Workshop

 Irina Ushakova 2011
 Nina Danilova 2011
 Oleksandr Vykhrest 2011
 Vladimir Angelov 2011
 Nina Maria Lucas 2011
 Adriana Dew 2011
 Jessica Barrett 2011

Jessica Barrett - Originally from Boone, NC, Jessica has studied all styles of dance from ballet to hip-hop at schools including North Carolina School of the Arts, American Ballet Theatre, and Broadway Dance Center in NYC to name a few. As a ballet student, she had the opportunity to perform soloist roles in the full-length ballets, Coppelia, The Nutcracker, Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, and The Sleeping Beauty. She was a dancer on the Furman University dance team for four years and captain her senior year. Jessica has experience as a dance teacher at several studios across the South and as an award-winning choreographer for studios, competition groups, and collegiate dance teams. Her professional work includes dancing in commercials and industrials for BMW and Swiffer. As an experienced film actress, she has recently taken her dancing to the big screen in “Step Up 2: The Streets” and George Clooney’s “Leatherheads”. Jessica has a bachelor’s degree in biology from Furman University and a master’s degree in physical therapy from East Carolina University. While at East Carolina, she was the recipient of the George F. Hamilton Award for outstanding physical therapy student and worked with faculty to treat injured dance majors. After graduation, she worked as a physical therapist at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC in their orthopedic and neurological rehabilitation center. She is excited to once again combine her love of dance and physical therapy by serving as Kingsport Ballet’s physical therapist and preparatory ballet teacher. Jessica currently lives in Johnson City with her husband and daughter.