About Lea

Artist Bio

Lea, choreographer, educator, and performer based in Providence, RI, is the artistic director of elemdi performance collaborative. 

Her evening-length works, including The Silent M (2023) and One Size Fits All (2022), have been featured in the PVD Fringe Festival and funded by RISCA’s MakeArt Grant. Lea’s choreography has also been performed internationally by GeaDanza (Trieste, Italy)  and locally by Urbanity Dance (Boston, MA).

As an educator, Lea is committed to creating impactful and accessible art education. Currently, she is the Dance Coordinator and integration specialists at Moses Brown School, teaching dance to students from nursery to 12th grade and choreographing and directing school musicals. Lea also continues to teach a wide range of styles for adult movers in the community – from ballet and contemporary technical  jazz, yoga and somatics. She is a resident instructor, dancer and choreographer with Metamorphosis Dance Company – creating and performing professional commercial dance in the New England Area. 

As a performer, Lea has collaborated with renowned choreographers like Michelle Bach-Coulibaly, YaTonde (Whitney) Hunter, Betsi Graves and Natalie Johnson. She holds certifications in Progressive Ballet Technique, Pilates Mat I, and Vinyasa Yoga (200 hr RYT). Lea is a professional member of the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) and serves on the board of the Rhode Island Dance Alliance (RIDA). She holds degrees from Boston College and Columbia University Teachers College.