Lorraine Chapman’s professional dance career spans 38 years. She danced with several international companies including Ballet British Columbia and Eliot Feld Ballets/NY, as well as locally with Amy Spencer & Richard Colton, José Mateo Ballet Theatre, Prometheus Dance, and Marcus Schulkind. Her formal training includes The Ballet Academy, Boston Ballet, Boston Repertory Ballet, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and École Supérieure De Ballet Du Québec from such distinguished instructors as Frances Kotelly, Shauna Bereska, Samuel Kurkjian, Leo Guerard, Tony Williams, Jacqueline Weber, Galina Yordanova, Daniel Sellier, and Charmaine Turner and as a professional dancer with Camilla Malashenko, Patricia Neary, Jocelyn Lorenz, Marcus Schulkind, Richard Colton, Amy Spencer, José Mateo, and Diane Arvanites. As a choreographer she has received numerous awards including LEF Foundation New England’s Contemporary Work Fund Grant, Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Artist Grant for Choreography, Choreographer’s Project Fellowship Summer Stages Dance, The Dance Complex’s CATALYSTS Series, Boston Dance Alliance Rehearsal & Retreat Fellowship, 2013 Brother Thomas Fellowship, The Gallery of the Pentacle dance agency, Boston Center for the Arts Dance Residency, Summer Stages Dance/Baryshnikov Arts Center Residency Project, Dance Magazine’s one of “25 To Watch”, Regional Dance Development Initiative – NE Dance Lab, 3 New England States Touring Grants, New Hampshire Theater Award for Best Direction, and a Live Arts Boston Grant. Lorraine has been teaching dance for 29 years, currently holding positions at Ballet Arts Centre of Winchester and Acton School of Ballet. Her latest adventure is working on becoming a fully certified Pilates instructor.