Tessa Hogge started her ballet training at St. Lucie Ballet located in Port St. Lucie, Florida. During her time there she performed in many productions such as Don Quixote, Alice in Wonderland, and The Nutcracker. While at the school, she competed at the Universal Ballet Competition and placed 1st for classical ballet in the Junior division. She then attended other pre-professional programs with The Art of Classical Ballet, and Pittsburgh Ballet Theater. In 2018 she joined Milwaukee Ballet II under the direction of Rolando Yanes, where she performed Russian Girl in Serenade and many other company productions including Michael Pink’s Dracula and The Nutcracker. She later went on to join Birmingham Royal Ballet, directed by Carlos Acosta, in 2019. While dancing with Birmingham Royal Ballet, she performed some of her favorite roles such as Clara in Sir Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker, One of Cinderella’s stepsisters and the Autumn fairy in Sir David Bintley’s Cinderella, Honor fairy and Pas de Quatre in Sir Peter Wright’s Sleeping Beauty, and Cygnets in Sir Peter Wright’s Swan Lake. Tessa joined Oklahoma City Ballet in 2025 as a member of the corps de ballet.