Elisa De La Rosa, M.F.A

Contact

EDeLaRosa4@twu.edu
940-898-2050
DEN Dance Department

Biography

Elisa De La Rosa, Assistant Professor of Dance, is a choreographer, performer, dance educator, and the founding artistic director of De La Rosa Dance Company. Prior to teaching at Texas Woman’s University, she was a dance educator for 14 years in middle and high school Texas dance programs in Aldine ISD, North Forest ISD, and Dallas ISD. She was nominated and selected as an Aldine INSPIRE speaker, and teacher of the year for her campus, and was selected as an Aldine ISD’s top three secondary teacher of the year finalist in 2018. In 2017, her students in Aldine ISD were adjudicated and selected to perform at The National Dance Education Organization National Conference in San Antonio Texas. De La Rosa has choreographed works for Muscle Memory Dance Theatre, MamLuft&Co. Dance, Eastfield College Dance Company, Mosaic Dance Project Tarrant County College Northwest Campus, and Perpetual Motion Dance. De La Rosa has presented at the Texas Dance Improvisation Dance Festival, National Dance Education Organization National Conference, Big Rig Dance Collective Dance Co-op, and Texas Dance Educators Association. De La Rosa’s new passion is to lead professional development for dance educators. She has designed professional development for La Joya ISD, and Edinburg ISD dance educators. De La Rosa integrates the Dance and Digital Media Communications Curriculum into her instruction and was awarded a $3,500 grant for technology by The Texas Cultural Trust.

Education

M.F.A., Dance, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey
B.A., Dance, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas

Artistic Interests

Basic-Beginning-Intermediate-Modern Dance; Basic-Beginning-Ballet Technique; Basic-Beginning-Hip Hop; Latin Fusion Dance; Improvisation; Pedagogy; Dance and Digital Media; Choreography; Culture and Dance 

Creative Actitivies

El Zocalo 72 Miles/72 Stories (2019)
Directing | Alley Theatre

Inmigrante (2019)
Performance - Solo | El Zocalo 72 Miles/72 Stories, Alley Theatre

Tortillas y Lagrimas (Tortillas and Tears) (2018)
Directing | Talento Bilingüe de Houston

Tortillas y Lagrimas (2018)
Guest Artist | BigRig Dance Company Guest Artist, University of Texas at Arlington

Mundo Azteca (World of the Aztecs) (2017)
Directing | National Dance Education Organization National Conference

inmigrante (immigrant) (2017)
Performance | Dance Source Houston 'Mind the Gap'

oxigeno (oxygen) (2017)
Commissioned Choreography | Eastfield College Dance Company, Eastfield Community College

Selena Forever: Celebrating 20 Years of Legacy (2015)
Directing | Talento Bilingue de Houston

Professional Affiliations

• Latinx Dance Educators Alliance
• National Dance Education Organization
• National Dance Society
• Texas Dance Educators Association
• World Dance Alliance Americas

Honors & Awards

• Campus Leader With a Heart (Faculty/Staff), Texas Woman's University Red Bud Award (2022)
• Extra Miller Award, MacArthur 9th Grade, Aldine ISD (2019)
• Extra Miller Award, MacArthur 9th Grade, Aldine ISD (2018)
• Extra Miller Award, MacArthur 9th Grade, Aldine ISD (2017)
• Teacher of the Year, MacArthur 9th Grade (2017)
• Extra Miller Award, MacArthur 9th Grade, Aldine ISD (2016)