SARAH ELGART, FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
sarah elgart, founder/ARTISTIC & executive director
Sarah Elgart is a Los Angeles based choreographer and director working under the auspice of Sarah Elgart | Arrogant Elbow. Sarah creates original content for stage, screen, and site-specific venues. Her stage and site-works have been performed at alternative spaces including LAX Airport, The Skirball Center, Mark Taper Forum, Van Nuys Flyaway, The Bradbury Building, Jacob’s Pillow, INSITU Site- Specific Festival NY, and Loft Seven, where she created a rooftop work lit entirely by a hovering helicopter accompanied by Nels Cline (Wilco). Her work has been produced by venues including The Music Center, MASS MoCA, Dance Place, Los Angeles Theater Center, Mark Taper Forum and The International Women’s Theater Festival. In film Sarah has worked with noted directors including JJ Abrams, David Lynch, Catherine Hardwicke, and Anton Corbijn. Her own films include award-winning music videos, dance shorts, and an Emmy nominated PSA, and continue to be accepted into festivals internationally. In addition to teaching dance and film, Sarah writes a regular column, ScreenDance Diaries that focuses on the intersections of both genres internationally for online magazine Cultural Weekly.
Sarah’s work has received support from organizations that include the Rockefeller Foundation, the NEA, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, California Arts Council and more. She is an alumna of the Sundance Institute’s Dance Film Lab, a Fellow of AFI’s Directing Women’s Workshop, and a director member of the DGA. www.sarahelegart.com @arrogantelbow
Mckinsey shea, CREATIVE producer
McKinsey Shea is a professional dancer, choreographer, and creative based in Los Angeles. She’s performed around the country in live production/stage works, commercials, music videos, short films, and feature films. After discovering screendance through her Commercial Dance BFA studies on the Los Angeles Center Studios film lot, and working in the film department at Movement Lifestyle, McKinsey has been curating her dance cinematography, choreography, and creative direction portfolio. She aims to infuse the human spirit into all her works, whether live or on film.
