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LUCIANA TOTO

Brookline,MA

Summary


12+ years dance training in ballet, pointe, tap, contemporary, modern, jazz, hip hop and acro. Pre-Professional Company member, Competition Team member, Intensive Student.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Pantos Project Mover

Pantos Project Dance Company
09.2022 - Current

MOVERS is a Boston-based pre-professional dance company affiliated with The Pantos Project professorial contemporary company and school. Train weekly under Artistic Director Kat Pantos and program assistant and company dancer Kendall Bush.

Perform annually in shows including Move 4 the Movement, NEYDEX and Salem State.

Perform in annual Pantos Project Spring show alongside the company and the ensemble.

Pre-professional dance student

Mass Motion Dance
09.2016 - Current

15 hours/week of training. Weekly classes in ballet, pointe, jazz, contemporary, modern, tap, acro and hip-hop. Dancing since age 3 - at MMD since age 6.

Part of the Senior Intensive Program since 2020 (entered at youngest age of 12). Study under directors and owners Irada Djelassi, Terri Gordan and Alexis Murphy.

Annual performances at Move 4 The Movement, New England Youth Dance Exchange and other charity events.

Annual performances in large recitals including Peter Pan, Moana, Wizard of Oz, Suessical, Dream Big, and Rio.

Part of the Mass Motion Competition Team (2-5 competitions annually) and The Dance Project (select group across 3 studios)to nationalsAnnual dance convention training and competition since 2019 at Radix dance competitions, Turn It Up, Elite, Royals, KAR, Diva, and American Dance Awards with sols, duets, trios, small groups and large group pieces across styles. Top 10 placements for many solos, duets and group pieces. Annual invitations to national dance teams.

Student of summer dance intensive program

Pantos Project Dance
07.2022 - 07.2024

2 week summer dance intensive in contemporary under the direction of Kat Pantos and the professional company

Dance Team Member

Cantico At Brookline High School
09.2023 - 06.2024

Member of BHS dance team. Train weekly in jazz funk / contemporary and perform at high school sporting events.

Dance Student

Performing Arts At Brookline High School
09.2023 - 06.2024

In the Advanced Dance program at Brookline High School as a Freshman. Train weekly under the direction of Mayra Hernandez. Assistant choreographer for annual show.

Assistant Dance Teacher

Mass Motion Dance
09.2021 - 06.2024

Assistant teacher for weekly classes in jazz, acro and hip hop for ages 6-12.

Acting Student

Boston Casting
05.2020 - 06.2023

Weekly classes in Acting for TV and Film, Commercial Acting and Improv under Jen Salvucci and Mikayla Cramer.

Intensive in Dance Theater at the Burtwood School in Marlborough, MA under Lorna Brunelle.

Assistant Teacher for Jen Salvucci for Youth Acting summer intensive.


Timeline

Dance Team Member

Cantico At Brookline High School
09.2023 - 06.2024

Dance Student

Performing Arts At Brookline High School
09.2023 - 06.2024

Pantos Project Mover

Pantos Project Dance Company
09.2022 - Current

Student of summer dance intensive program

Pantos Project Dance
07.2022 - 07.2024

Assistant Dance Teacher

Mass Motion Dance
09.2021 - 06.2024

Acting Student

Boston Casting
05.2020 - 06.2023

Pre-professional dance student

Mass Motion Dance
09.2016 - Current
LUCIANA TOTO