Cecilie Stuart

cecilie@manzanitaschool.org

Cecilie Stuart has been a Los Angeles choreographer, director, and producer for 20 years. Currently she is the Associate Director for an original arena show for Marvel Entertainment. Last year she was the Associate Director for Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey’s 2012 circus “Dragons.” Her other credits range from Disney films including “The Little Mermaid -Ariel’s Beginning,” Tracey Ulman’s HBO hit, “Tracey Takes On,” and Michael Jackson’s “World HIStory Tour.” In addition to her background in commercial entertainment, Cecilie co–produced the American Choreography Awards from 1995 to 2005, a 10-year annual benefit for choreographers and dancers, raising visibility for the art of choreography while funding local dance scholarships, inner city arts programs including Aid Project Los Angeles and Arnold Schwarzenegger's Inner City Arts organization. Cecilie also teaches dance to local youth in her community of Topanga, and has founded the innovative non-profit “dance activism” group called Move The World, inspiring youth performers to use their talent to affect social and environmental change. She has an Associate of Arts degree in English from Santa Monica College, and served on the board of the Los Angeles Dance Foundation from 1993-96.