Jesse Callaert (Ghent, Belgium) studied at the Royal Ballet School Antwerp for six years, which provided him with professional ballet training and a base for modern and contemporary dance. He graduated in 2017 and after dancing as a guest artist with Ballett Zürich, he joined the prestigious Nederlands Dans Theater 2 for four years. In 2021/2022 he danced at Staatsballett Hannover under the artistic direction of world-renowned choreographer Marco Goecke, and has since then worked as an international freelance artist and stager for Alexander Ekman and Johan Inger. In August 2024 he will join the Batsheva Dance Company as one of the Ensemble dancers.

In the past 7 years as a professional dancer, Jesse has performed pieces by many choreographers including Jiří Kylián, Sol León & Paul Lightfoot, Marco Goecke, Sharon Eyal, Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite, Alexander Ekman, Johan Inger, Edward Clug, Medhi Walerski, Bryan Arias, Tom Weinberger, Nadav Zelner, Felix Landerer, Juliano Nunes, Dimo Milev, and Shahar Binyamini.

Jesse has choreographed pieces for the annual edition of 'Switch by NDT Dancers' and for the Royal Ballet School Antwerp. He creates a broad variety of music compositions and occasionally participates in film, fashion, and TV projects. He also co-founded Fase 2 Fase (F2F) together with Mikaela Kelly, a hub for all their their creative projects and endeavors.