Elisha Thompson

Elisha Thompson started dancing at the age of three and started teaching dance when she was just fifteen. Elisha has a background in modeling and acting in various local commercials and events. She was also a cast member for Disney. She attended Brigham Young University where she was on the Ballroom Tour Team for four years. While there, she was able to travel and perform in China, Hong Kong, England, Scotland, Vietnam, Thailand, and various cities throughout the United States. Also, each year she was on the team, they won the title of National Formation Champions, as well as British Open champions in 2010. In 2011 Elisha won the title of National Amateur Theater Arts Champion alongside her partner Jared Kelson entitled, "A Drop in the Ocean". She graduated from BYU with a bachelors in Dance Education. She has choreographed for many competitive dance teams and taught classes in ballroom, jazz, and lyrical dance. Elisha Thompson wrote, choreographed, and set designed for the short dance film "Time Withers" which she wrote in memory of her grandparents Elvin and Ethel Lunt after her grandmother died of Alzheimer's disease in 2008. Elisha also starred in a short dance film based on her national title winning dance, which has yet to be named.