Jesse, a native from Maurice Louisiana, and has been dancing since the age of two with 24 years of performance experience and 10 years of teaching experience.
He began his dance education at Jill Listi Dance Studio, River Dance Centre, and The Lafayette Ballet Theatre all located in Lafayette Louisiana. While studying with these studios, Jesse competed on local, regional, and national levels where he won many dance titles and scholarships. Jesse was a member of his high school dance team, the NV Dreams, for two years and was elected co-captain his senior year. During these two years he was a two time All-American dancer at Universal Dance Association dance camp and was asked to audition to become a part of the UDA staff his senior year. Jesse was selected to be a UDA staff member and currently travels around the nation to teach, choreograph, and judge for numerous high school and college dance teams. Jesse has also traveled to London with UDA for the London New Year's day parade where he taught a routine to the varsity performers.
Jesse was also selected to perform in the 2011 Sugar Bowl halftime show with choreographer Chris Judd and the Spellman Sisters from America's Best Dance Crew. He has performed in numerous ballets with the Lafayette Ballet Theatre such as "The Nutcracker", "Midsummers Nights Dream", and "Peter Pan". Jesse has also attended many dance conventions such as Nuvo, Jump, WCDE, The Streetz, Dupree, and Tremaine Dance Convention where he received a national dance scholarship to California and trained with the Edge Performing Arts Center. He also coached the Gator Girls which was the cheer/dance team for the professional hockey league team in Lafayette, The Louisiana Ice Gators.
Jesse currently coaches a high school dance team in Lafayette, the Lafayette High Lionettes. Jesse is very honored to be back for his second season and continue his professional dance career as one of the NFL's first male cheerleaders supporting and cheering on the best team in the NFL, the New Orleans Saints!
