Marrin Jessome

Marrin Jessome is a Halifax-based artist who studied Performance Dance at the Toronto Metropolitan University (2019). She now works as a freelance dance teacher, choreographer, adjudicator and performer throughout the maritimes.

As a trained pianist, her movement is informed by her nuanced understanding of sound— arranging tension and release on a visceral level, to form a direct translation between the instrument and the architecture of the body.

Her choreography has been showcased at The St. John Contemporary Dance Festival, Kinetic Open Studio, The Underground Cabaret, Antigonight Fest, The Youth Dance Ensemble, Halifax Young Company, Festival of Dance Annapolis Royal and The North End Revue.

She creates exciting contemporary work that is inspired by storytelling, memory, nostalgia and relationships. Marrying classical techniques with the theatre of lived experiences, she brings forth compositions that are raw and sensual but athletic and playful. Her work features intricate partnering, floor work and flow acrobatics while maintaining an awareness of an audience. She is driven to make work that is relatable and accessible to the untrained eye, without diluting technical qualities.