Elizabeth Troxler

Elizabeth Troxler is a director, choreographer, and creative visionary whose work spans the worlds of concert dance, musical theatre, and film. She has conceived, created, and produced numerous full-length narrative ballets—including Peter Pan, The Snow Queen, The Goose That Laid The Golden Egg, Rumpelstiltskin, and Hansel & Gretel. Her theatre choreography includes productions of West Side Story, Newsies, Legally Blonde, Dames at Sea, Matilda, Head Over Heels, Bright Star, Oliver, Fiddler on the Roof, and Chess at regional theaters around the country. Elizabeth also co-produced and fully choreographed an AEA workshop of the Broadway classic On the Town in honor of Leonard Bernstein’s centennial.

Elizabeth’s artistry extends to film as the founder and artistic director of Allongé Films. Beginning with her dance film Dancing Through…, her work has since earned recognition at the Tokyo Movie Awards, Prague Music Video Awards, and other international festivals. She has created an interactive app called Ballet Boost that continues to train dancers all over the world. Elizabeth is honored to serve as the Artistic Director of Chronicle Dance Theatre, a new and vibrant company dedicated to telling powerful stories through dance, live music, and movement.

As a performer, Elizabeth appeared nationally and internationally in both ballet and theatre. Highlights include roles such as the Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, and the Swan Lake Pas de Trois with the Nacional Ballet de Panama and the Illinois Ballet. She toured with the National Tour of Sweet Charity as dance captain and performer, and appeared regionally in Brigadoon, Mame, Beauty & the Beast, An American in Paris, Escape to Margaritaville, The Wizard of Oz, Anything Goes, CATS, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Peter & the Wolf at BAM.

Elizabeth brings over thirty years of teaching experience to her work as a mentor and coach. She has taught every level of ballet—from young beginners to seasoned professionals—at universities, academies, and major NYC studios including the Martha Graham Company & School. A Certified Teacher of the Royal Academy of Dance, she also draws from Vaganova, Cecchetti, and multiple ballet traditions. She has trained and coached hundreds of students for RAD exams and major ballet competitions, with many going on to dance with American Ballet Theatre, Houston Ballet, Nevada Ballet Theatre, Texas Ballet Theater, Miami City Ballet, Elements, New York Theatre Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and in Broadway, national tours, film, television, and commercial work.

Elizabeth’s own formative training began in Western Pennsylvania with Paula Scriva Jersey and continued with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, and Vaganova masters Irina Kolpakova, Vladilen Seminov, and Mansur Kameletdinov. Under the Royal Academy of Dance’s Maureen Price, she completed all vocational exams with Distinction—including a perfect score on Advanced 2—and later earned the RAD’s prestigious Solo Seal Award.

Above all, Elizabeth is passionate about telling meaningful stories through movement and guiding dancers toward artistry that lasts a lifetime.