Jess is known in the UK for her work as a Tap Dance performer and tap jam host (Tap Rhythm Jam Nottingham/ Manchester, London Tap Jam, Tap Dance Festival UK). Her inspiration comes from ‘Hoofing’, which places musicality, improvisation and self-expression at the heart of the tap dancers craft. As a guest soloist tap dance improviser, Jess has appeared twice at the Purcell Rooms as part of London Jazz Festival with Heather Cornell and Andy Milne and Bandwidth in Finding Synaesthesia (November 2007) and again with Andrew Nemr and Junior Laniyan as part of the Michele Drees Jazz Tap Project (November 2013) with whom she also performed as part of the opening act for the legendary John Hendrix at Ronnie Scotts (Nov 2010). Jess was a member of Junior Laniyan’s company AboutTime (2006-2008) performing in UK venues such as Tristan Bates Theatre in the West End and the O2 Arena in London. Jess featured in the outdoor arts show Master Juba produced by Fittings Multimedia Arts at The National Theatre and Kendall Mint Fest.

Jess has appeared as a Clog dancer with sell out show The Lock In in three UK tours (October 2012 – February 2014) and a run at Glastonbury Avalon Stage (June 2013) which received five star ratings from the Independent and Telegraph during the Edinburgh Fringe (2013). 

Jess has worked as a contemporary dancer for the French pyrotechnic and percussion company Les Commandos Percu for over 2 years, performing in France, Belgium, Holland and collaborating to create On the Night Shift for an audience of 20,000 at the Olympic Opening Ceremony at Windermere and Paralympics Closing Ceremony in 2012.