Jessica Tretter

Joined RCB: 2008
Hometown: Rochester, New York
Training: The Timothy M. Draper Center for Dance Education, Houston Ballet Ben Stevenson Academy
Other Companies: Houston Ballet II, Houston Ballet, Ballet San Antonio 
Favorite Ballet and Role:   Giselle, Waltz Girl in Serenade
The best costume I ever wore was: Houston's snow queen costume (just for autograph signing)
My dance strength is: hmmm, I would have to say petite allegro
My favorite color is: red
My favorite food is: chocolate! and I love sushi
My favorite movie is: Amelie
My favorite books are: Pride and Prejudice, Atlas Shrugged, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series
Favorite band or type of music: The Black Keys or The Shins
I have a hobby and it is: Baking
Favorite non-dance activity: cleaning! reading and baking
If I didn't dance, I would be a: hopefully a pastry chef or a mad scientist!

Jessica Tretter trained at the Timothy M. Draper Center for Dance Education, the Houston Ballet's Ben Stevenson Academy under full scholarship, and attended the School of American Ballet summer intensive under full scholarship and American Ballet Theatre's summer intensive in NYC. Ms. Tretter was a member of Houston Ballet II, performing lead roles in Stanton Welch's Blue and Bruiser with additional performance opportunities in the Houston Ballet's productions of Romeo and Juliet and Raymonda. Later joining the Houston Ballet, she performed in The Nutcracker, Dracula, Giselle, Don Quixote, Onegin, Madame Butterfly, Coppelia, Carnival of the Animals, Western Symphony (Balanchine), and as one of the four Little Swans for the world premiere of Mr. Welch's Swan Lake. Joining Ballet San Antonio, she danced in The Nutcracker and as a featured dancer in La Valse Sentimentale and Suzaki Dances. With the Rochester City Ballet she has danced as the Christmas Spirit, Harlequin and Dew Drop in The Nutcracker, the Spring Fairy in Cinderella, the Most Beautiful Maiden in Firebird, the Cat and the Duck in Peter and the Wolf, the Waltz Girl in Balanchine's Serenade, and in Ms. Leverett's How to Break a Heart. Ms. Tretter was the Chosen Virgin in the world premiere of Jamey Leverett's The Blood Countess and has danced in Push & Pull and as a featured performer in Bravo! Colorado and Hoedown with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.