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Texas Tech University

Katrina Soricelli

Instructor
Theatre & Dance

Email: ksoricel@ttu.edu

Katrina graduated from the University of South Florida with a BFA in Performance and Choreography. Through this program, she was able to attend a study abroad in Paris, France and received the World Scholarship, Michelle Vargas Scholarship and multiple talent grants for her work in choreography. After graduation she moved to Orlando  performing in over 60 works in the 5 years. Katrina has produced full works including - TRASH: Our Waste Syndrome, is a dance theatre initiative that explores our relationship with everyday items of convenience and during the pandemic, she created and performed as Co-Artistic Director of Engram Dance Project her second full work, The Unraveling - a site-specific show that took the audience though the city of Orlando. She has had work commissioned for Creative City Project, Artists for a Cause: Dance for Food and showcased work in New York and Vietnam. In 2018 Katrina began Tree CoLab, a dance artist series for performing professionals. As a dancer, she attended Jacob's Pillow Ann & Weston Hicks Choreographic Fellowship Program. Also, she has continued her education getting teacher training with Disney Musicals in Schools, Limón teaching K-12 and a 230hr Yoga Certification, Countertechnique and NDI Level 1 Training.

Katrina is Lindy Hop trained and instructs improvisational classes to help blend concert and social dance communities together. She was a part of the Fringers of the Future Panel and Applause Awards Adjudicator for the Dr. Philips Center. She was a lead instructor for the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts and performed for the grand opening of the Steinmetz Hall. At Orlando Ballet she was a lead outreach instructor and acted as the Community Enrichment Administrative Coordinator.

She moved to Texas to become the Director of Community Engagement at Ballet Lubbock. At Ballet Lubbock she cultivates over 40 residencies in Outreach ranging from 3 to 80 years old. In Lubbock she has joined Flatland Dance Theatre, created work for the Inside Out Festival, choreographed for the Wallace Theatre, and served on the panel for Texas Commission of Arts and guested as the Rat Queen. She believes in creating welcoming space so the arts can be accessible for everybody and at every age.

Katrina Soricelli

Degrees Held:

BFA in Performance and Choreography, University of South Florida