Elana Lanczi

Elana Lanczi

Associate Professor

Personal profile

About

Elana Lanczi, M.F.A., is Associate Professor at Nova Southeastern University. As a dancer, Lanczi has performed with numerous choreographers including: Helanius Wilkins, Anita Gonzalez, Maida Withers Dance Construction Company and Grace Mi-He Lee in venues such as Judson Church, The Painted Bride and Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival. Lanczi has performed internationally in South Korea and Brazil, and in 2004 she traveled to Germany to work with choreographer Gerda Koenig on a mixed-ability duet, commissioned by Tigertail Productions. In 2011, she was a choreographer-in-residence at the Florida Dance Festival and performer in Heather Maloney's Vertical Sprawl.

Recently, Lanczi was a collaborator/performer in Afua Hall's Dance Theatre work Red at the Miami Theatre Center and a performer in choreographer Ana Miranda's Southern State, performed at the Manhattan Movement and Arts Center in New York City. Her own work has been presented throughout Florida, Washington, D.C, Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York. Her most recent solo work Equal-librium was created during a four month long artist residency at NOMAC, along with a dance film short, Deconstruction of A Woman, which features an original score by composer Carl Ferrari. Lanczi has taught masterclasses at the American College Dance Festival, Florida Dance Education Conference, National High School Dance Festival and Inkub8 and has served on the board of the Florida Dance Education Organization since 2013.

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Education/Academic qualification

M.F.A., Temple University

1997 → 2000

B.A., The George Washington University

1991 → 1996

External positions

Dance Director, Broward Community College

Jan 1 2005 → Jan 1 2008

Adjunct Faculty, Broward Community College

Jan 1 2003 → Jan 1 2008

Adjunct Faculty, Miami Dade College

Jan 1 2002 → Jan 1 2005

Dance Faculty, University Center for the Preforming Arts

Jan 1 2002 → Jan 1 2004

Project Manager, Tigertail Productions

Jan 1 2001 → Jan 1 2002

Dance Department Admissions Office, Temple University

Jan 1 1999 → Jan 1 2000

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Temple University

Jan 1 1998 → Jan 1 2000

Rehearsal Assistant, H.J. Wilkins/Dimensions Dance

Jan 1 1995 → Jan 1 1997

Modern Dance Faculty, Harid Conservatory

… → Jan 1 2008

Dance Instructor, Melaleuca Elementary School

… → Jan 1 2000

Jazz Dance Instructor, Narragansett Dance Studio

… → Jan 1 1992

Dance Artist in Residence, Riverside Elementary

… → Jan 1 2004

Disciplines

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Dance
  • 84 Other contribution
  • 42 Presentation
  • 2 Article
  • 1 Digital or Visual Products
View all 129 Research outputs
  • 12 Other
  • 4 Membership of network
  • 3 Membership of committee
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