Liz Curtis
M.F.A. in Dance, California State University, Long Beach
Graduate, Professional Acting Certificate Program, The Sanford Meisner Center
Liz Curtis is an educator, performer, choreographer, and filmmaker based in Long Beach, California. She currently teaches Ballet and Modern Technique, Dance Composition, and Pilates/Dance Conditioning at California State University, Long Beach.
Her research and creative work bridge concert and commercial dance practices, with particular focus on screendance, on-camera performance, interdisciplinary choreography, and integrated body-centered training approaches. She developed Chapman University’s dance-film program as Founder and Advisor of the Chapman Dance Film Club, served as Screendance Specialist, and created and taught the On-Camera Performance course during her 12 years on faculty.
Her choreography has been presented on stage and television, at conferences, in screendance and site-specific works, and at the American College Dance Festival. Her award-winning dance films have screened internationally at festivals including the San Francisco Dance Film Festival, ADF’s Movies by Movers, DOC LA, and The 92nd Street Y in New York.
As a performer, she has appeared in concert works by Doug Varone (staged by Eddie Taketa), Gerald Casel, Michael Getman, Gloria Newman, John Pennington, Susan McLain, Cyrus Parker-Jeannette, and Rebecca Bryant, as well as in commercial projects for film, television, music videos, international tours, and Las Vegas productions.
Certified Pilates Instructor with Dance Specialization, BASI
Professional Acting Certificate, The Sanford Meisner Center
