Born in Italy to opera singer parents, Elizabeth Gillaspy began creating dances at five years old – in her kitchen and living room.  Since then, her works have been performed nationally and internationally, from Texas to Taiwan.  She had the honor of creating two ballets for the late Fernando Bujones’ Orlando Ballet, and her work, A Gift, for Ishihara Ballet of Kure, Japan, appeared on the Dance Gala Hiroshima 2007.  She has choreographed for finalists in New York’s Youth American Grand Prix and more recently premiered a solo, Lorelei, at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater in New York, danced by former New York City Ballet dancer, Michele Gifford.  Critics have noted her work as “poetic and real” and “skillfully structured”.  Most recently she has founded her own project-based company, Nymbal – new ballet, dedicated to showcasing contemporary ballet choreography.  She is an Associate Professor of Ballet in the School for Classical and Contemporary Dance at TCU in Fort Worth, Texas, where she resides with her husband, Randy.