Jessie Cosentino gradauted with a BFA in dance from Western Michigan University in May 2009 and moved to New York City the following September. Since arriving Jessie has had the privilege of performing in several different projects such as the Broadway Meets Jazz Benefit at the Lincoln Center, a site specific piece located in the Washington Square Park fountain with barbie diewald &c. dance initiative, and also at the Indo-American Arts Festival with Maria Colaco Dance Company. In November she was contracted as a dancer with Perceptions Contemporary Dance Company which was founded in Boston in 2007. They are now premeiring their first season in New York City. Jessie was also recently featured in a music video for musical artist Athena Reich, winner of the best pop song of the year at the 2009 OutMusic Awards. Since then Jessie was selected for an internship with Athena as her videographer and has begun a video editing business. She was commissioned for her first reel in March 2010. Jessie is driven to be a choreographer and is interning for Donna Uchizono Dance Company and also recently co-founded a new collaborative company, TrioDance Collective, with two other NYC based choreographers. TrioDance will make its debut performance June 25th 2010 at the Triskelion Arts Center in Brooklyn.