Elayna Waxse

Elayna Waxse (she/they) is a Minneapolis-based performer, dance educator, and choreographer. Elayna has performed with Minnesota Dance Theatre, Colorado Ballet/Colorado Ballet Studio Company, Black Label Movement, BodyCartography Project, and with Cie. Ismael Ivo at ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival 2014. They were a member of TU Dance from 2012 to 2019, and were part of the original creation team of Come Through, the collaboration between TU Dance and Grammy-award winning musical group Bon Iver. Through this collaboration Elayna performed at the Hollywood Bowl (LA, CA), and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, D.C.). Their choreographic work has been supported by Minnesota Dance Theatre, University of Minnesota Dance Department (2022 Cowles Visiting Artist), Threads Dance Project, and University of Minnesota Opera Theatre among others. She is a 2019 recipient of a McKnight Fellowship in Dance.