Elizabeth Sullivan
Elizabeth Sullivan started dancing at age 8 in Albany, NY and joined the Cleveland/San Jose Ballet at age 18; she danced soloist and principal roles before leaving for the Boston Ballet in 1995. After two years in Boston, she hung up her pointe shoes, got her Bachelor's degree at Dartmouth College, and moved to Italy where she ran the Dartmouth College Rome Center. In 2009, Elizabeth earned a Master’s degree in Arts Administration at Columbia University. She wrote her master's thesis on pre-professional dancer wellness programs and presented it at Dance/NYC in 2009 and the National Dance Education Organization in 2010. In 2011, Elizabeth founded Creative Compass to promote her wellness curriculum for young performing artists (creativecompass.org). Elizabeth also works as a health and wellness coach in her private practice (easullivan.com). Her research interests include the holistic health and wellness of performing artists, mental fitness, and best practices in dance training.