Elana Lanczi, M.F.A., is an assistant professor in the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Division of Performing and Visual Arts at Nova Southeastern University. She has performed internationally in both South Korea and Brazil and nationally with noted choreographers Sean Curran, Kati e Duck, Anita Gonzalez, Li Chiao-Ping, Lionel Popkin, Merian Soto, and Maida Withers, among others. Her own choreography is influenced by the investigation of contemporary dance forms and has been performed throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Florida. Lanczi holds an M.F.A in Dance from Temple University.