Yelena Laningham

Dance artist and filmmaker Yelena Laningham lives in Austin, Texas, where she performs, teaches and choreographs for the stage and screen. Her dance film Solace Is screened at the Austin Short Film Festival in fall 2016, New York Cit
y Independent Film Festival May of 2017, and DDCF Dance Film Fest August of 2017. Yelena began her career at The Illinois Ballet, followed by Charleston Ballet Theatre, Thel Dance Theatre as Company Manager, and a free- lance artist. She is currently in post-production on The Ivory Seed and on dance film Bloom. She has worked with Sally Bliss of Tudor Foundation, Amanda McKerrow, Andrei Bossov, Grace Holmes, Meg Brooker, Lori Belilove, and Dawn Karlovsky. She is also certified in Vaganova Ballet Technique on scholarship by Ballet Master John White, RAD syllabus by Lynn Wallis, and Lester Horton technique under Ana Marie Forsythe.
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Ivory Seed - Selected Cinematography - Peter Klemek