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Faculty Spotlight

Melinda Sullivan

Melinda Sullivan is a Southern CA native who trained under Jazz Tap Ensemble and the Debbie Allen Dance Academy.  


Film credits include: Being the Ricardos, La La Land. TV: Disney+ Encore!, Crazy-Ex Girlfriend, the Late Late Show with James Cordon, Emmys, Oscars, Golden Globes, So You Think You Can Dance (Top 10 and All-Star). 


Broadway: James Lapine’s Flying Over Sunset (associate choreographer). National Tours: CATS, Disney’s High School Musical. 


Concert choreography: Artistic Associate with Dorrance Dance, Trinity Irish Dance Company. 


Founding member of Syncopated Ladies. Melinda is currently on faculty at the Colburn School. She has received  Music Center Spotlight Award for Non-Classical Dance, the Capezio A.C.E. Award, and was a Dance Magazine 25 to Watch.Stream her album “Big Foot” with Larry Goldings now.  www.melindasullivan.com

IG: @itsmelindasullivan

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