A native of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Tessa Barbour trained at the Alwin School of Dance before studying abroad in Warrington, England on a scholarship awarded to her at the Cecchetti International Competition.
She has danced with New Mexico Ballet, Connecticut Ballet, and San Diego Ballet. Barbour has performed in Balanchine’s Valse Fantasy and Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, set by Philip Neil, as well as soloist roles in original works by Javier Velasco including Seven Beauties. Barbour joined Smuin in 2016.