Francesca Romo (Contemporary Dance Wyoming Associate Artistic Director and Dancer)

Francesca Romo was born in London and knew she wanted to dance early in life. After graduating from the Royal Ballet School and London Contemporary Dance School, she danced for The Richard Alston Dance Company from 2003-2006. While on tour, she fell in love with the U.S., and moved to New York to dance with the Sean Curran Dance company from 2006-2007. She then went on to Co-found the Gallim Dance Company in 2007 where she was Associate Director until 2014. She has toured and created work with Andrea Miller having been involved with dance commissions including English National Ballet, Bern Ballet, Noord Nederland Dans 2, Nederlands Dans Theatre 2 and the Juilliard School. Gallim works have been presented by leading institutions and festivals around the world including City Center, The Joyce, Jacob’s Pillow, BAM, Théâtre National de Chaillot, Teatre Grec of Barcelona, Teatro Nacional de Panamá, DanceHouse Vancouver, Spoleto Festival, and others. Francesca has had the fortune of touring and working both internationally and nationally, and now resides at Dancers’ Workshop in Jackson Hole where she dances, teaches, and mentors. Fran is an integral part of wellness programming, teaching Gyrotonic and Craniosacral work with both adults and infants. She was the recipient of the Wyoming Arts Council Grant in 2022.

Michaela Ellingson (Contemporary Dance Wyoming Company Member)

Michaela Ellingson is a dancer, choreographer, educator and outdoor enthusiast. She is from and is currently based in Jackson, Wyoming. She received her BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase and MA from London Contemporary Dance School. In London she danced with EDge Postgraduate Company and also performed with multi-disciplinary companies Bittersuite and Flavour & Some. She is a member of Contemporary Dance Wyoming and has performed work by Babs Case, Francesca Romo, Gina Patterson, Lauren Edson, Andrea Miller, Robyn Mineko Wiliams and Luke Dakota Zender. She is a guest artist with David Dorfman Dance. She is the Junior Company Director at Dancers' Workshop and teaches Pilates. She was a recipient of the Wyoming Performing Arts Fellowship Grant in 2022.