Carissa Songhorian
Carissa Songhorian, a BFA in Dance and Dance Composition graduate from California Institute of the Arts, began her training at Los Angeles Ballet Academy under the direction of Andrea Paris and Conny Mathot. Throughout her years as a dancer, she has performed professionally with Ate9 Dance Company and Dream Walker; as well as in works by choreographers and artists such as Danielle Agami (Ate9 Dance Company), Gustavo Ramirez-Sansano, Troy Powell (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater), Julie Bour, Ryan Mason, Laurence Blake, and Kira Blazek among many others. Carissa has also appeared in several short dance films, commercials and pilots for television, Solange Knowles’s “Metatronia,” and a movie that was produced by James Franco. As a choreographer, Carissa has created many successful pieces for both live performance and film. Some of her work has even been described as “intriguing” (LA Dance Chronicle), and “twisted.”
