Elizabeth Pollert is a Cleveland-based creator, performer, and dance educator, and works as an independent artist with area choreographers, movers, and multi-genre makers. She has performed and choreographed both in the U.S. and abroad, including France, Canada, China, India, and Easter Island(Chile). In the U.S., Pollert has performed and choreographed for Cleveland Public Theatre’s Test Flight, Soft Launch, and DanceWorks series, Playhouse Square, the Cleveland Art Museum, and IngenuityFest, Cleveland, OH; International Performing Arts for Youth Conferences, Philadelphia, PA; Lose Your Marbles Festival, Akron, OH; WOW Festival, San Diego; and Charlotte International Arts Festival, North Carolina. Additionally, she has toured with the children’s show What Do You Do With An Idea? Pollert spent 16 seasons with Inlet Dance Theatre, Cleveland, where she served as a performing company member, education coordinator, and instructor and choreographer for Inlet’s education programming. Pollert is the recipient of a Creative Impact Fellowship Award, Boost Fund Award, and The Movement Project’s Space connect grant. She’s been a selected choreographer with the Cleveland Dance Project and a collaborator with Elu Dance, the Blissed Out Human Collective, and Ajayi Dance. Currently, she’s a Guest Assistant Professor at Kent State University, serves as a guest teacher for local companies, is a touring artist for Australian Polyglot Theatre’s Ants and Bees productions, and is creating her own work. She is passionate about making dance accessible to all ages and backgrounds and creating work that invites people to explore the world through embodied experiences. Elizabeth recently earned a MFA in Dance from Bennington College.