Jessica Weiss was raised in Cheshire, Connecticut where she studied ballet and Doris Humphrey technique under the direction of Ernestine Stodelle and Gail Corbin. She studied dance at Sarah Lawrence College, the Limon Institute and the Tisch School of the Arts NYU. In 2005, she graduated magna cum laude with a BA in Dance and Dance Writing from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU. Throughout her 18 year professional dance career, she has performed and toured internationally and domestically with several New York City based dance companies, most notably Liz Gerring Dance Company, Douglas Dunn & Dancers, Nejla Yatkin/NY2Dance, dance by Alan Danielson, Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects and Hilary Easton + Company. In 2020, Jessica moved back to CT and opened her online yoga studio Wild Heart Yoga. She loves to cook, garden and run barefoot outside with her husband and son. She is honored to be back in the dance studio and on stage with River Valley Dance Project.