Elena Damiani

FACULTY

Elena Damiani is originally from Westfield, Indiana, where she trained at Central Indiana Academy of Dance under the direction of Suzann DeLay. During her pre-professional career, she had the opportunity to perform Gerald Arpino’s Birthday Variations with Butler Ballet. Thereafter she attended the University of Oklahoma School of Dance where she earned a BFA, with honors, in Ballet Performance and a minor in Health and Exercise Science.During her time at OU, she performed featured roles such as First Violin in George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco as well as Snow Queen and Lead Mirliton in Willam F. Christensen’s The Nutcracker. She also performed in Opaque, Unfazed, an original work by Trey McIntyre.

Elena joined the Oklahoma City Ballet Studio Company in 2019 as part of the joint program with OU and was promoted to Apprentice in 2021. While with Oklahoma City Ballet, she had the opportunity to perform in Val Caniparoli’s Lady of the Camellias, George Balanchine’s Western Symphony, and Septime Webre’s ALICE (in Wonderland). Her repertoire also includes full-length ballets by Robert Mills and Ryan Jolicoeur-Nye.

Elena is Pilates Mat certified and is a guest instructor at Central Indiana Dance Ensemble’s Summer Intensives.