Elissa Fonseca

Artist

Elissa Fonseca is originally from Pleasant Grove, Utah. She has danced since she was 6 years old mostly focusing on ballet, but also training in contemporary, jazz, tap, and Irish dancing. In high school, she trained with Utah Regional Ballet (now Utah Metropolitan Ballet) and danced with the second company for 3 years. Elissa spent two very formative summers in college dancing at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance under the direction of Summer Lee Rhatigan. 

Elissa graduated with her BFA in Ballet Performance from the University of Utah in 2014, and then joined Salt Lake City based company SALT Contemporary Dance for 4 seasons. In 2018 Elissa moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota where she was a company member with Minnesota Dance Theatre for 4 seasons.

In college and throughout her professional career, Elissa has worked with renowned artists such as Summer Lee Rhatigan, Peter Chu, Val Caniparoli, Lise Houlton, Gustavo Rameriez Sansano, Bobbi Jene Smith, Banning Bouldin, Alex Ketley, Tina K. Bohnstedt, Garrett Smith, Gabrielle Lamb, Brendan Duggan, Elayna Waxse, and many more. 

Elissa joined Vitacca Ballet in 2022 and is excited to be in her third season as a company member!