Laura Elaine Ellis

Laura Elaine Ellis is co-founder and Director of the African & African American Performing Arts Coalition, co-presenters of the Black Choreographers Festival: Here & Now (BCF). Her work has been recognized by the State of California and the Alameda Arts Commission for preserving African American art and culture. Laura performs and choreographers with Dimensions Dance Theater and Flyaway Productions; she is the community outreach coordinator and co-curator for the SF Dance Film Festival, Raising Voices program, and has served over 25 years on faculty for the Dance departments at the Athenian School and CSU Eastbay. Laura served as a founding curator of Performing Diaspora; Board Secretary and Chair for CounterPulse.