Elizabeth Anne
Elizabeth Anne MFA, BFA is a professional dance and movement minister, author, performer, choreographer, and educator. Her awards include grants from UCLA, Towson University, The Golden Key International Honor Society, The National Society of Arts and Letters, Washington Ballet, Boston Ballet, The HARID Conservatory, and The Ballet Academy at the Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera) in Austria. She is a graduate of the Washington School of Ballet. She then joined the professional company under the direction of Septime Webre in 2001 as a paid apprentice, performing corps de ballet roles in many famous ballets, including the choreographies of Frederick Ashton and George Balanchine. She has taught and performed dance for over 20 years by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. She has been an adjunct professor at public, private, Ivy League, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) while being a director of a local dance studio in Maryland. She has taught primary and secondary dance education in public and private schools as well as dance conservatories including The Washington School of Ballet, City Dance Conservatory, and Maryland Youth Ballet. She has taught and supported dance ministries at YWAM Kona, YWAM Lancaster, YWAM Boston, Zion Dance Project, Divine Dance Institute, Light of Life Performing Arts, Cavod Academy, and Unabashed School of Dance as well as teaching prophetic dance activation and equipping classes at Gateway House of Prayer, Eastgate House of Prayer, Dove Newport Church, Christ Community Church Camp Hill, and New Life Church in Mumbai, India.
Additionally, she has championed and pioneered integrative dance classes for over 15 years with students of all abilities including those within the Special Olympics and the Hussman Center for Adults with Autism. As a leader, she has served on the board of directors for the Maryland Council for Dance and the Maryland Dance Education Association.
As wonderful as these credentials are, she considers them nothing compared to the immense privilege of knowing and serving Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior! These credentials are only stated to give Him glory, as without His faithfulness, grace, and mercy, she would have none of them. She and her beloved husband have dedicated their lives to the Father’s work and are loving it!