Background
Ellen began dancing at the age of four at a local ballet studio in Kansas. She began training at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet at the age of twelve and later went on to attend the Pacific Northwest Ballet School. She attended the Harid Conservatory in high school. She has performed in touring Broadway shows at the Starlight Theatre (Kansas City), with the Kansas City Ballet (under Todd Bolender), the Joffrey Ballet, and worked with famed choreographer Karole Armitage before retiring from her dancing career in 2002. After moving to New York to attend Parsons, she frequently DJ'd popular clubs in downtown Manhattan from 2005-2007. Ellen has recently sat on panels with some of the industry's leading creatives to discuss collaboration, art and commerce for SVA, The NY Photo Festival and Maker Magazine.
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