Résumé

CREDITS:

Elsy Contreras & Company
Director, Dancer, and Choreographer
Television Appearances in Mexico City and
New York City

• ElsyDance And... - Manhattan Neighborhood Network channel 56 (Time Warner), channel 83 (RCN) and web stream Fridays at 4:30 PM.
• "Conversation with Jimmy Fortson," -- Mexico Channel 11; 1987, featuring an interview, hosted by Jimmy Fortson with Elsy Contreras, Nuclear Dance, Narciso Dead, and Huapango.
• "En Vivo" ("Live") -- Mexico Channel 2; 1984, featuring an interview, hosted by Ricardo Rocha with Elsy Contreras, La Fortuna and Nuclear Dance.
• "6 en Punto" ("6 O'Clock") -- Mexico Channel 5; 1983, featuring Huapango and Drums.
• "River-to-River," 42nd Street, New York City Festival -- HBO; 1985, featuring Huapango and Nuclear Dance.
• "Mexico en la Cultura" ("Mexico and Culture") -- Mexico Channel 9; 1985, featuring Obsidian Butterfly, by Octavio Paz at the Museo Tamayo, choreography by Elsy Contreras and Brian Nissen.
• "Mexico en la Cultura" ("Mexico and Culture") -- Mexico Channel 2; 1984, featuring Henry Moore at the Museum of Modern Art, choreography by Elsy Contreras.
• "24 Horas" ("24 Hours") -- Mexico Channel 2; 1983, featuring interview, hosted by Jacoba Zabludovsky with Elsy Contreras and Drums.
• "Noche a Noche" ("Night to Night") -- Mexico Channel 9; 1987, featuring Solo de Amor, La Fortuna, and Transmutation Dance Theater. Also, in 1982, featuring interview, hosted by Felix Cortes Camarillo with Elsy Contreras, Drums; Wind Woman, Sand Woman, Free Woman; and Jazz Birds.
• "Lo Mejor de las Artes" ("The Best of the Arts") -- Mexico Channel 11: three 60-minute specials; In 1985, featuring interview with Elsy Contreras, Elements, Temper and Portrait. In 1983, featuring Drums, Nuclear Dance, Narciso Dead; Wind Woman, Sand Woman, Free Woman; and Moments.
• "Mi Danza" ("My Dance") -- Mexico Channel 11, In 1981, 60 Minutes, Written and hosted by Elsy Contreras, featuring Drums, Romance, Nuclear Dance, and Wind Woman, Sand Woman, Free Woman.

Stage Performances

• St. George Theater 2004, Snowflake, Nutcracker.
• Staten Island Stadium 2003, AmoreDanz, Mrs. Rosemary's Dance Studios.
• Snug Harbor Cultural Center Harmony Street Fair 2001, Staten Island, NY.
• LOTUS Arts Center, New York, NY, July 2001, Nuclear Dance
• WestBeth Art Gallery, New York, NY
• Merce Cunningham Studio, New York, NY
• Gowanus Arts Exchange, New York, NY
• United Nations 40th and 50th Anniversary Celebrations at Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium; 1985 and 1995, New York, NY
• Off Broadway "Festival Latino '85"; 1985, New York, NY
• Elsy Contreras Dance Company conducted performances in Mexico, at theaters; museums; Universities, High Schools and Elementary Schools auditoriums; outdoor exhibits; cultural fairs; and tours.

Independent Ballet of Mexico, Founding Member, Dancer and Soloist

• Command Performance for Queen Juliana and Royal Family of The Netherlands.
• Toured with company to Central and South America, the United States, and Europe.

Moshe Kedem's Ballet, Mexico City, Principal Soloist

Official Dance Company of Mexico, sponsored by the National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City, Dancer

Ballet Tlachitl Mexicatl, Director, Dancer, and Choreographer

The New Guardia directed by Alicia Alonso, Choreographer

Ballet Concierto of Mexico, Dancer

Sutrana Dance Theatre, New York City, Principal Soloist

National Company of Dance, Mexico City, Rehearsal Assistant

Elsy Contreras choreographed for TV commercials and plays, working with freelance dancers.

Department of the Federal District of Mexico

• Coordinator of Dance, Houses of Culture
• Conducted conferences, demonstrations and lectures at elementary schools, high schools, and professional schools.
• Cultural TV, Art and Dance Programs.

• Founder and Dance Teacher, 26 Clinton Ave. Studio, Staten Island, NY.
• Founder and Dance Teacher, Academy of Dance, St. Mary's of the Assumption Parish, Staten Island, NY.
• Classic Ballet Dance Teacher, Mrs. Rosemary's Dance Studios, Staten Island, NY.
• "EducArt Contreras System Workshop," Staten Island Childrens's Museum, Staten Island, NY
• Master Classes, Moving in Time Dance Studio, Staten Island, NY.
• "EducArt Contreras System Workshop," for "Teen Night," YMCA, Staten Island, NY.
• Jurist, Fifth and Sixth Folk Dance Festivals, Organization Tepeyac, New York, NY.
• Dance Teacher, Ballet Tepeyac, New York, NY
• Dance Teacher, Times Circle Rehearsal Studio, New York, NY
• Kindergarten Teacher, Mexico City School System under the Secretary of Public Education.
• Classic Ballet and Modern Dance: Mexican Institute of Social Security.
• Contemporary Dance: Ballet Folklorico de Mexico.
• Dance for Actors: University Theater Center at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
• Graham Technique: Academy of Dance at the National Institute of Fine Arts in Mexico City.
• Classic Ballet, Graham Technique, and Contreras Style: School of Dance, of the Department of the Federal District of Mexico City.

Classic Ballet: Professional training under: Simon Dow, Nancy Bielski, and David Howard, STEPS and Broadway Dance Center; Diane Cartier, American Ballet Theatre.

Professional Dancer, Academy of Dance, National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City.

Professional Kindergarten Teacher, National School of Educators, Mexico City

Awarded scholarship granted by the National Institute of Fine Arts and Jose Limon to study at the New London, Connecticut School of Dance.

Specialist in: Martha Graham Technique, Cuban Classical Methodolgy.

Courses: Alvin Ailey, Jazz with Luigi, New York Conservatory of Dance, Joffrey Ballet School.