Vanessa is a professional dancer, actor, and acrobat based in Los Angeles. Originally from Dallas, she graduated from SMU with a BFA in Dance Performance. Her specialties include jazz, ballet, pointe, contemporary, tap, salsa, and partnering. Vanessa has performed at the Academy Awards (Neil Patrick Harris, John Legend), feature films and television (TED 2, American Horror Story), musicals (Disney's FROZEN: Live at the Hyperion, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Aladdin and His Winter Wish), national and international tours with Daniel Ezralow's company, Ezralow Dance, and as a back up dancer for Katy Perry (The Grammy's, Met Gala, Wango Tango, music videos) and David Lee Roth (Brent Shapiro Foundation, national industrials).