Elizabeth Parkinson, Founder and Director Elizabeth is presently one of New York’s greatest dance stars. Acclaimed in ballet, modern, and jazz styles, Ms. Parkinson has performed worldwide as a principle with the Joffrey Ballet, Feld Ballet, Donald Byrd/The Group, and Twyla Tharp Dance. In 1999, she segued to Broadway and received tremendous praise as a lead in Fosse and later in the hit Twyla Tharp/Billy Joel musical, Movin’ Out, where she earned the 2003 Tony-award nomination and the highly coveted Astaire Award for best female dancer on Broadway. Elizabeth continues to perform as a concert soloist and on the Movin’ Out national tour. This past summer she taught for Broadway Dance Center and Step's on Broadway, and choreographed her first piece for The Main Event in Detroit produced by John Crutchman and The West Coast Dance Explosion (WCDE). Elizabeth will be teaching ballet for the WCDE national tour 06/07. Often described as fiery, fearless, and an indefatigably hard worker, Elizabeth hopes to pass on her passion, love and strong work ethic to her students. Elizabeth on Youtube http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=ITQsmT798nY 57th Tony Awards http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=ImTi1-LjiMo&feature=related