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BIO

Chelsea Zeffiro is a dance artist, performer, and educator working in hybrid practice – integrating dance and improvisation with digital media, theater, and writing. Chelsea received an MFA as a Dance Fellow at the University of the Arts (Philadelphia, PA/Montpellier, FR) under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfield and the mentorship of Jesse Zaritt and Beth Gill. After receiving a BA in Comparative Literature and French from the University of Southern California, Chelsea has performed, taught, and shown work internationally. Beginning her professional life between Los Angeles and Paris, France, her work takes on themes of exchange and cross-cultural study across the fields of performance, contemporary art, and other forms of experimental story-telling practices.

Chelsea has received recognition as a performer and choreographer – for her contemporary solo performance at the Vienna Int’l Ballet Festival (MuTH Theather, 2016) and as the 2018 winner of San Diego Dance Theater’s Young Choreographer’s Prize. She was also awarded sponsorship from Schick/Skintimate as the winner of the Make It Happen competition for women. Chelsea served as co-founder and curator of the 40 NORTH Dance Film Festival from 2015-2018. As a performer, Chelsea has worked with companies and artists such as Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company, Hannibal Buress, Jesse Zaritt, Jmy James Kidd, Rachel Mason, Haylee Nichele, Christopher K. Morgan, Tristian Griffin, Sledgehammer Theater, Cygnet Theater, Malashock Dance, and more.

Recent choreographic residencies include San Diego Ballet/DISCO RIOT (2020) and Los Angeles Performance Practice/Broadwater Theater (2021). Chelsea’s work has shown in spaces such as the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (La Jolla, CA), the Frankie LA, the University of the Arts School of Dance, San Diego Dance Theater’s Live Arts Festival, and the La Jolla Playhouse WoW Festival. Chelsea was selected as a member of Los Angeles Performance Practice’s inaugural ACCELERATOR cohort and was produced in their 2022 LAX Festival. As an educator, faculty positions include Coronado School of the Arts Dance Conservatory and Department of Theater (2021-present), the University of the Arts Pedagogies of Dance and Senior Projects (2019), and Lycée Louise Michel (Paris, FR). She has lectured and taught workshops at Cal State San Marcos, WoW Festival, San Diego VAPA Honors Theater Program, Malashock Dance, and more. Most recently, Chelsea received a post-graduate Fellowship from the University of the Arts to study at the ICI-CCN Montpellier, France (July 2023).