title: Making it Werk: A Dancer's Guide to the Business of Professional Dance
author:  Michelle Loucadoux 
description: Michelle Loucadoux has been a professional dancer and educator for over twenty years. Her experience spans from dancing with the Richmond Ballet and New Jersey Ballet to originating the Broadway casts of Mary Poppins and The Little Mermaid to dancing alongside well-known music artists on the large and small screen. Michelle has traveled the globe performing as well as training the next generation of performing artists. She is currently the program director of the commercial dance and contemporary musical theatre + film departments at Relativity School in Los Angeles. With an extensive background spanning over 35 years as a professional dancer, author or Making the Move and Brain Snacks, keynote speaker and business entrepreneur, Shelli Margheritis brings a vast range of experience as an agent representing dancers, choreographers and educators for over ten years. As the first agent in history to develop a teaching division within a talent agency, she is the Director of Education and Choreography Agent at McDonald Selznick Associates (MSA) agency that represents world-renowned talent for feature film, television, music videos, tours, Broadway shows, corporate events, Las Vegas spectaculars, commercials, as well as national and international dance education conventions. Shelli co-wrote the Commercial Dance BFA curriculum and is an active member of the advisory board for Relativity School. She is a proud member of the Television Academy and advocate within the dance industry.
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