Elisa Lane

 

E-mail: elisa.lane@gmail.com

 

Current Employment

 

Elisa Lane Dance Theater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Artistic Director, October 2003- Present

á Grant writing, producing, choreographing, and performing original work.  Work shown in nEW 2005, DanceHouse 2005 (PA), Live Arts Festival 2004 (PA), New Edge Mix Series 2003-2004 (PA), Glue Performance Series 2003 (PA), and Humboldt State University 2002 (CA).

 

Reactionaries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Creator and Performer, August 2005- Present

á Experimental collective of dancers and designers creating site-specific work.

 

Previous Employment

 

Hotel Obligado- Theater Collective, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Founding Member, August 2001 to December 2003

(Associate Education Director, Performer, member of planning committee)

á Mission Statement:  Producing and creating innovative new work using theater and movement-based traditions.  Committed to learning and teaching both in the classroom and through performance. Performances in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2001-2003 and in Virginia in 2003.

 

Painted Bride Arts Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Technical Assistant, June 2002 to January 2004

á hanging and focusing lights in theater

á lighting board operator

á Prepare gallery for art shows

 

Point Breeze Performing Arts Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Instructor, Mantua Hall After School Program October 2002 to January 2003

á Provided performance art instruction using child-development methodologies for at risk youth

á Provided homework assistance and educational enrichment for 45 students ages 6 to 14

á Adapted an inner city version of THE GRINCH incorporating student made musical instruments and set

 

The Education Theatre Collaborative, Plymouth, New Hampshire

Guest Instructor, January 2002

á Designed and executed pantomime workshop that introduced students ages 4 to 12 to body articulation and the use of body language as communication

 

DellÕArte Company, Blue Lake, California

Intern for the Mad River Festival, June to July 2001

(stage manager, instructor, performer, mask-maker)

á Taught mask making to 20 juvenile hall kids

 

Germantown Friends School, Germantown, Pennsylvania

Director/Choreographer, March 2002 to April 2002

á Taught character development, mask performance, and puppetry to 15 students ages 14 to 18

á Created a physical adaptation to Gian Carlo MenottiÕs THE UNICORN, GORGON, AND MANTICORE, accompanied by fifty choral members and musicians

                                   

Humboldt State University, Arcata, California

Guest Professor/Choreographer,  Febuaruy 2002

á Designed an intensive workshop for the Dance Theater Production class which taught university students how to create movement

á An ensemble creation with eight dancers was the result of the program

 

Plymouth University, Plymouth, New Hampshire                                                                                            

Choreographer/Movement Specialist, January 2002

á Developed character gestures, physical comedy, slapstick, and dance numbers for original musical FRINDLE with a multi-generational cast of 60 performers ages 7 to 67

 

Volunteer Work

 

Clown in Cairo, Egypt

Performances and Workshops, February 2006

á Created and performed a clown show with collaborator Gwendolyn Rooker.  Performaces were held at orphanages, schools, the American University of Cairo and the Cancer Intitute of Egypt. 

á Workshops were lead for students and faculty at the American University of Cairo and for Sudanese refugees living in Cairo.

 

Life Choice Hospice, Philadlephia, Pennsylvania

Companion to patients, February to July 2005

Read stories, listened, as well as performed massage and energy healing to terminally ill patients. 

 

The Attic- Youth Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania                                                                                    

Theater/Movement Teacher, February to June 2002

á Expanded the curriculum for the "Thespians and Drama QueensÓ Program for at risk youth, with attention to individual awareness and nonverbal communication

 

Education

 

Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Strategic and Organizational Communication, January 2003 to December 2005

Graduated with Magna Cum Laude.

                 

DellÕArte International School of Physical Theatre, Blue Lake, California                     

Professional Training Program, 2000-2001

                   

Humboldt State University, Arcata, California

Dance Major, 1998-2000