Elijah Gibson
Elijah Gibson
Elijah Gibson is a teacher and choreographer in demand from San Diego, California, where he attended San Diego School for the Performing Arts. Mr. Gibson is overjoyed to have joined the faculty of his Alma Mater at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance and Choreography. He received his Masters of Fine Arts in Dance from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. Mr. Gibson joined Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago in 2000, where he performed for eight years. He has worked with or performed the works of the late Gus Giordano, Margo Sappington, Christopher Huggins, Jon Lehrer, Mia Michaels, Liz Imperio, Randy Duncan, Tony Powell, Ron De Jesus, and Davis Robertson, among many others.
Elijah also had the privilege of guest performing with Instruments of Movement, Cirque River Dance Theater, and Specialty Tap Chicago, to name a few. He has performed and taught throughout the United States, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Latvia, Spain, Ecuador, Canada, and Mexico. He has served on the faculties of the American College Dance Festival Association, Jazz Dance World Congress, Dance Masters of Wisconsin, Chicago National Association of Dance Masters, Leon Dance Arts NY, and Key West Modern Dance, to name a few.
Dance companies have performed his choreography nationally and internationally, such as Nomi Lamad, Inaside Dance Chicago, Thodos Dance Chicago, Jayson Tisa Dance Company, City Dance Company of Houston, Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago II, and Naway Dance Company, as well as university dance ensembles throughout the country. Upon his transition into teaching in higher education, he has been on faculty at Shenandoah University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has been fortunate to dabble in every aspect of the arts, from dance to theater to film.