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Elisa Insalata

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Dance artist, dance pedagogue born in Turin, Italy. At age 15, she became a student of the John Cranko School in Stuttgart, Germany, where she graduated as a professional ballet dancer 3 years later. During this time she got the chance to dance at the AI09 of the Canadian National Ballet School in Toronto and participated in numerous performances of the Stuttgart Ballet. After graduation, she joined the professional program of the École Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower, France, where she later became a member of the Cannes Jeune Ballet. She later joined Eko Dance Project of Pompea Santoro, in Turin, and in 2014, she was hired by Theater Hof, Germany, as a member of the ballet company. In the 5 years she worked in Hof, she often danced in solistic roles and as principal role in the “Sacre du Printemps” of Stravinsky, choreographed by director Barbara Buser. Here she also developed her choreographic style by creating new pieces each year for the company. In 2019, she joined Székesfehérvári Ballet Theater as a soloist dancer. In this company she also became assistant/ballet master and choreographed for the dancers.
Since 2021 she is a freelance dancer, choreographer and ballet master based in Budapest, where she worked and works mostly as a contemporary dancer and ballet teacher with companies like Badora Dance Company, Gangaray Dance Company, Pr-Evolution Dance Company, MadayArt and Eva Duda Dance Co.


Elisa’s ballet classes are specially designed for contemporary dancers. Next to aiming to develop the technique, she uses ballet as a form of dancing itself. Her goal is for young dancers to learn to approach it in a different way and understand how to unlock the body’s full potential. She particularly focuses on large movements, musical precision, fluidity and dynamic versatility, to get the dancers ready for whatever repertoire they will learn and dance.