Clarissa Jackson trained in France at the National Superior Conservatory of Paris and Lyon with prestigious instructors from Paris Opera Ballet. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in performing arts at the University of Lyon.
She has worked with acclaimed choreographers including Carolyn Carlson, Isabelle Lopez-Ochoa, Marc Ribaud, Ruth Childs (for Lucinda Childs) and Ioannis Mandafounis, and has performed in many classical ballets such as Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Paquita, Concerto (Kenneth MacMillan), Alice in Wonderland, and The Nutcracker. She has had an extensive career across France and the U.S. including performing with the Junior Ballet of Lyon, the Opera Ballet of Avignon, Connecticut Ballet, and now Renversons Dance.
