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
zoe rappaport, CREATIVE producer
Zoe Rappaport is a movement director, choreographer & creative producer based in Los Angeles and New York. Working with world-renowned choreographers by the time she was 18 years old, Zoe's diverse and versatile background as a professional dancer has led her to work with some of the top names in live production, tv/film, editorial, fashion, commercial, content creation and site-specific work over the last 15 years. She has worked as a Movement Director/Choreographer for global artists & brands including Estée Lauder, Vidal Sassoon, FLAUNT, Coca Cola, HP, Grammy award-winning electronic artist ZHU and "LOVE" Magazine. Her multidisciplinary work has been performed throughout NY & LA and her debut dance film "Unspoken Words" was featured in Dance Magazine. As an interdisciplinary artist, Zoe has worked across many fields & platforms behind-the-scenes from fashion shows for Hermés to television shows like So You Think You Can Dance and America's Got Talent. Grounded in the belief that movement was born to bring people together and communicate beyond words, Zoe's work aims to grow & expand the audience for dance by bringing movement further into unexpected spaces, broadening access, creating more pathways to pursue dance as a sustainable career —
and thus, elevating the field as a whole.
ella thowe, social media coordinator
Ella is a dancer based in Los Angeles. She began her training with the contemporary pre-professional companies Artists Revealed and DEFY, and continued her classical foundation with the Kansas City Ballet and the Kansas School of Classical Ballet. After transitioning into commercial dance under the company Kinfigure, she moved to Los Angeles to attend Hussian College.
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Ella has appeared in music videos for artists including Smashing Pumpkins, Allison Amber, Janele, Benji Hardaway, and Violette Rain. She has also performed live with Arman Hov, Baile, and Katseye. On film, she has worked under the direction of choreographers Nina McNeely, Justin Conte, Calvit Hodge, Sara Biv, Cameron Lee, Caleb Brauner, and Carly Lawrence.
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Ella hopes to continue expanding her work into choreography, movement direction, and creative direction. She is passionate about storytelling through movement and is continually inspired by conscious intellect and the emotional depth that dance can bring to both stage and screen.
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