Aerial Dance.

IRATA Level 1 Certified.

Federation of Scottish Theatre Bursary 2026 placement with All or Nothing Aerial Dance Theatre to learn Counterweighting and Performance rigging.

Counterweighter of performers in harness, hoop and rope, and Trainee Rigger for The Flying Ceilidh.

Jessica began training in Aerial Dance with All or Nothing ADT in early 2019. Jessica quickly became a member of the freelance team has worked in multiple roles within the company from outreach programmes, tutoring, leading equipment checks, assisting rigging for performances.

Jessica has performed as a fairy in a tree (on trapeze!) with Rowanbank Environmental Arts, has undertaken a residency with Capital Theatres to discover storytelling and character development featuring puppetry and aerial dance, and recently performed Dance Trapeze at the All or Nothing Aerial Cabaret at Assembly Roxy.

Performance

Music: Walk Above The City - The Paper Kites

I created this piece based on a person’s relationship with their emotions. How we can feel supported, overwhelmed, restricted, or in control of them. The character’s costume is inspired by and reflects the colours of the trapeze, symbolising that the trapeze is part of them. I picked the song Walk Above The City particularly because of the lyric “we’re breathing more than we ever have before”, which resonated so much with me. It was important for me to created a realistic yet abstract piece. Jennifer Paterson (AD All or Nothing) created a stunning light design with notes of blues, greys and shadows.