Elizabeth Irvine dance teacher

Elizabeth Irvine

teacherJoined EFDS in 2015University of North Carolina, GreensboroBachelor of Fine Arts in Dance

Elizabeth began dance at the age of 3 in central Virginia at a local community center. By age 5 she knew dance was for her and has worked hard to hone her skills ever since. She spent 5 years at a wonderful studio in Warrenton Virginia studying Ballet, Jazz and Modern and then auditioned for her first summer intensive with the School of American Ballet and fell in love with the school, moved to New York and stayed at SAB for 6 years.

She has done summer intensives with Pacific Northwest Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Miami City Ballet, and The Joffrey Ballet. She received her first Corps de Ballet job at 16 with Pacific Northwest Ballet. At 17 she made the decision to move closer to home and received a position as a corps member with Richmond Ballet. After Graduating High School Ms. Elizabeth went to the University of North Carolina in Greensboro and received her BFA in Dance as well as performing with the Greensboro Ballet in their Nutcracker and in Cinderella and Carmen.

After completing college Ms. Elizabeth had an accident while performing in her other passion horseback riding and suffered an injury that abruptly ended her career as a professional dancer and she began working as a choreographer for local Washington DC theater groups like Hexagon and the British Players and fell in love with musical theater. All along the way she has taught children dance and choreographed many winning competition pieces.  She has an associates in Early Childhood Education. She resides in Frederick Maryland with her wonderful husband Steve and two beautiful and energetic little boys Stone and Xander who keep her very busy.

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