Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance

Marisa Edler is a fourth-year B.F.A. student in Contemporary Dance and getting a minor in Arts Management. Since five years old, she trained at On Your Toes Academy of Dance, danced competitively for four years, danced for her high school dance team, and participated as well as choreographed for her high school Orchesis club. In 2019 created a dance film Passing Me By in Junior Choreographic Piece: Framing Figures. Marisa enjoys choreographing, dancing, teaching and hopes to incorporate that in her future. For the past four summers taught at Vernon Hills High School and On Your Toes Academy of Dance. At Indiana University, she has been a part of Junior Choreographic Piece: Hatched (2018), Slip (2019), Senior Capstone: New Moves (2019), Junior Choreographic Piece: Bodies in Bold (2019), Shifting Landscapes (2020), Sounding Bodies: Winter Dance Concert (2020), Junior Choreographic Piece: Framing Figures, Senior Capstone: New Moves (2021), Earthward (2021), and Senior Capstone: New Moves (2022). Marisa is thrilled to debut her choreographic piece in New Moves and wants to thank everyone who supports her.