Jessica Collado, corps de ballet 

Birthplace
Coral Springs, Florida

Dance Training
Gwinnett Ballet Theater
Houston Ballet's Ben Stevenson Academy
Ballet Nova of South Florida

Joined the Company
2004

Favorite Ballet
Ghost Dances

One defining moment...
When I received the Michael Wasmund Memorial Award upon spring graduation with Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy.

Jessica Collado was born in Coral Springs, Florida and was raised in Atlanta, Georgia.  She trained with the Gwinnett Ballet Theater under the direction of Lisa Sheppard Robson. During her summers, Ms. Collado attended programs at South Carolina University and Boston Ballet.  Between 2001-2003, Ms. Collado attended Houston Ballet's Ben Stevenson Academy Summer Intensives as well as a year with Houston Ballet  II on full scholarship.  Upon her graduation from the  academy in the spring of 2004, she received the Michael Wasmund Memorial Award.  Ms. Collado joined Houston Ballet as an apprentice in July 2004 and was promoted to a corps de ballet member in July 2005. During the 2004-2005 season, Ms. Collado performed many roles with Houston Ballet, including the rooster girl in Christopher Bruce's Rooster, and the red girl in Stanton Welch's Maninyas.