Choreography, Directing & Teaching
PROFILE
A professional choreographer, director, arts educator, and performer, with over 20 years experience engaging diverse communities, through impactful performances and theater/dance/musical theatre education.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Tap • Theatre Dance • Jazz • Movement for Actors • Musical Theater • Acting • Scene Study • Ballet • Remote teaching
CHOREOGRAPHY
FUN HOME Middlebury College Middlebury, VT Winter 2022
COMPANY Middlebury College Middlebury, VT Winter 2022
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Middlebury Actors Company Middlebury, VT Fall 2021
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Middlebury Actors Company Middlebury, VT Fall 2019
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Creativiva Toronto, Canada Summer 2018
DOLCE VITA Creativiva Toronto, Canada Summer 2018
HAIRSPRAY Gaslamp Players Glenridge, NJ Winter 2018
OKLAHOMA Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ Spring 2017
OLIVER Gaslamp Players Glenridge, NJ Winter 2016/2017
THE WHO'S TOMMY Alpine Theatre Project Whitefish, MT Aug 2014
GUYS AND DOLLS Alpine Theatre Project Whitefish, MT July 2014
BIG RIVER Alpine Theatre Project Whitefish, MT July 2014
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLY Ocean Professional Theatre Co. Whitefish, MT July 2013
PETER PANTAMIME Manhattan Movement & Arts Center New York, NY Dec 2011 (Co-choreographer)
URBAN ENCOUNTERS Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids Chicago & Sacramento July 2006
DIRECTING
NEWSIES CVU Hinesburg, VT November 2023
MUSICAL MACABRE Spotlight Theater Academy South Burlington, VT October 2021
FOOTLOOSE (Assist. Dir.) Gaslamp Players Glenridge, NJ July 2018
SING FOR OUR LIVES Vanguard Theater Company Montclair, NJ May 2018
"LION KING KIDS" NJPAC & Disney Musicals in Schools Newark, NJ Feb 2017
"LION KING KIDS" NJPAC & Disney Musicals in Schools East Organe, NJ Feb 2016
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
AMDA (American Musical and Dramatic Academy: New York, NY) on faculty for Dance & Integrated Theater Dept. - 2011 - 2015
Taught audition technique, tap, jazz, musical theatre styles & ballet; emphasizing theatricality, technique and professionalism. Responsible for Curriculum Development & choreography.
Flynn Center For Performing Arts - Burlington, VT - Arts Educator - Drama, Dance, On-camera, & Musical Theatre . 2018 - present. Direct, choreograpah, and teach for the Flynn Arts Program. Classes include: on-camera, acting technique, musical theatre, tap and jazz dance to adults and children 9+. Served as a teaching artist in VT public schools implementing integrated arts curriculum.
Town Hall Theatre - Middlebury, VT - teach Shakespeare, Musical Theatre dance, drama & music, choreographed “Hands on a Hard Body” for THT Players and “Newsies” for the THT Young Company ‘s summer production.
Paper Mill Playhouse - Millburn, NJ. - Currently teaching scene study, musical theatre workshop and adult acting. Elisa is proud to be a member of the Education Dept at this TONY Award winning regional theatre. Experience teaching in-person and remote learning.
Sharron Miller Academy of Performing Arts - Montclair, NJ. Currently teach theatre dance, creative movement and ballet - to ages 3 - Adult. http://www.smapa.org/
Rutgers Mason Gross Extension Division, New Brunswick, NJ - Autumn 2015 Taught master classes in movement and musical theater dance to select high school students, emphasizing storytelling through movement, emotional connection, technique and personalizing the material
Actors Connection’s Song & Dance Workshop, NYC- July 2015
Co-taught choreography from Broadway’s “On the Town” to international high school students, emphasizing personalized story telling through movement and song.
CAP 21: New York, NY - Fall 2014
Taught Broadway style tap classes to intermediate and advanced level musical theater students.
Performers Theater Workshop Maplewood, NJ - Spring/Fall 2014
Taught acting, jazz, ballet, and theatre dance to ages 5-17 yrs, balancing creative play, discipline and individual expression. Also choreographed and directed a song & dance piece for the Spring Cabaret.
Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA - March 2010
Taught a musical theater class, which integrated vocal exercises, acting technique, song deconstruction, performance technique and Broadway style choreography.
STEPS: New York, NY - Aug - Oct 2007
Taught Advanced-beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Tap classes, ages 13 - adult
Villa Victoria/Encorp Theater Summer Program: Trenton, NJ - June 2008 & 2009
Co-created, directed & choreographed a Broadway revue for junior high and high school students. Taught dance, music, theater technique and repertoire, while building self confidence & creativity.
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING EXPERIENCE (See performance resume)
The Boston Conservatory:
Graduated Magna cum Laude with BFA in Musical Theater; choreography concentrate
Broadway credits:
“42nd Street” (Loraine), “Beauty & the Beast” (Silly Girl), “110 In The Shade” (Lily Ann Beasley) and “Finian’s Rainbow” (Sharon understudy/Dance Captain)
Dance Training:
RAD syllabus, NJ School of Ballet, STEPS, Broadway Dance Center, Dance World Academy