Mentee of Darrell Williams (Philadelphia), who was a protégé of LaVaughn Robinson (Philadelphia)
2018 - Mirror - Collab with Caleb Marhoover (Architect)
2015 - 2018 - Founding member of Subject:Matter, Boston based tap company directed by Ian Berg; performed in shows and venues across New England including ArtLab (Boston, MA), Dance Complex Catalyst Artists (Cambridge, MA), The Dance Hall (Kiterry, ME), and Brown Hall at the New England Conservatory (Boston, MA)
2012-2015 - Company member of Cats Paying Dues, a NYC-based tap dance company directed by Andrew Nemr; performed in over a dozen shows and venues in NY and NJ including the 92nd St Y and TriBeCa Performing Arts Center.
Earlier:
Member of the NYC-based Tap City Youth Ensemble and studied under Michelle Dorrance and Brenda Buffalino
Choreographed and performed pieces at Oberlin College Dance Department Showcases with Daniel Starer-Stor
Member of the NYC-based Tap City Youth Ensemble and studied under Michelle Dorrance and Brenda Buffalino
Choreographed and performed pieces at Oberlin College Dance Department Showcases with Daniel Starer-Stor
Founding Member and Assistant Choreographer, alongside D'Andria Williams, of Footwerx, a Philadelphia-based tap company directed by Darrell Williams
REVIEWS:
"Brief solos showed that all 10 members [of Cats Paying Dues] have skills..." - Brian Seibert, The New York Times
"Soloist Jessica Gersony shined especially in Tailfeather. She skimmed across the surface of the stage, offering up rhythms that ran completely counter to the melody but still somehow worked and made you listen all the more closely." - Kat Richter, The Dance Journal
"'What was your favorite piece?' This was the question I asked my classmates after attending the Spring Back dance concert last weekend. Surprisingly, the response to this query was quite uniform, with most citing either College first-year Jess Gersony’s tap piece Heartbeats or visiting assistant professor of dance Yu Xiao’s duet At the Edge as their favorites... Gersony’s tap piece was an energetic tap sequence set to José Gonzalez’s Heartbeats, a lovely, melancholic song. The juxtaposition of the song with the music initially struck the viewer as somewhat haphazard; it must be terribly difficult to tap to such subtle music, partially due to the fact that it is difficult to hear the music while simultaneously keeping the beat. Nonetheless, Gersony tackled this impressive feat with a smile on her face; the number was a bona fide crowd pleaser, and one could feel her enthusiasm radiating throughout the audience." - Claire Petras, The Oberlin Review