Lindsey (Fitzmorris)Salvadalena

Lindsey Fitzmorris is from southern Louisiana and received her early training from Constantin Apetrei, a Bolshoi Ballet graduate. She continued her training at Louisiana's only performing arts conservatory high school, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts/Riverfront. With NOCCA/Riverfront, she was mentored by Jan Miller and Miguel Lopez. She also studied at The Washington Ballet, Ballet Magnificat, and The Boston Ballet Summer Intensives, the former on scholarship. Lindsey recently graduated Cum Laude from SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Dance with her BFA in Dance Performance.

Lindsey has performed for Regional Dance America/Southwest, Dawn in the Floating City, A contemporary New Orleans Opera, With Ballet Apetrei, Dew Drop, The Nutcracker, Aurora, Sleeping Beauty, and Big Swans, Swan Lake. With NOCCA/Riverfront, Kitri Variation Act II, Don Quixote, PALAMOBA, choreographed jointly by Miguel Lopez, Elisa Monte, Robert Battle, and Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. With the Purchase Dance Corps, Russian/Arabian, The Nutcracker, Duets, Merce Cunningham, Shakespeare's Alls Well That Ends Well, and "YOU," an original solo set by Nathan Trice. Lindsey was a company member and danced for Liss Fain Dance of San Francisco. www.lissfaindance.org

Lindsey has taught and guested for Ballet Apretrei, The Conservatory of Ballet Aviv, New Orleans, La, Sleepy Hollow Performing Arts Center, Sleepy Hollow, NY, YMCA Afterschool Enrichment Program, Westchester, NY and SUNY Purchase College, Professor of Ballet for Non-Majors.

Lindsey is MDPA's Director of Ballet in her fifth year at the studio, she teaches classes in ballet technique for competitive dancers as well as childrens, pre-primary, primary ballet and pointe classes.