Before moving to New York, Ricketts lived in Chicago where she received a BFA in dance making from Columbia College Chicago and her work was shown at various venues around the city including DePaul University, Stage 773, and the Hamlin Park Fieldhouse. In addition to Chicago, her work has been performed in Detroit (Detroit Dance City Festival), Minneapolis (ACDFA), various cities across Austria (Young Tanzsommer Festival), and most recently in NYC (Movement Research at Judson Church). Performance history includes Katy Pyle/Ballez, Joshua Kent, Greer Dworman, Emily Johnson/Catalyst, Brendan Fernandes, Murat Adash, Lizzy DeVita and Ash Yergens.