La Shaun Prescott
Artistic Director - Elle InfiniTT (Formerly Elle NYTT)
Asst Professor - Modern & Contemporary, University of Trinidad and Tobago
La Shaun Prescott is the Founder and Artistic Director of the dance company Elle InfiniTT, which now has branches in New York and Trinidad and Tobago. She holds an M.Sc. in Economics from the University of the West Indies (UWI), an MFA in Dance from Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, and is currently as Assistant Professor of Dance at the University of Trinidad and Tobago. Her touring experience includes Europe, Canada, the USA and the Caribbean as lead dancer and choreographer with the world renowned Soca King Machel Montano for 7 years, as well as 22 states in USA with international artiste Pitbull. La Shaun was on staff at the Mark Morris Dance Center, Brooklyn, New York, teaching weekly Soca Dance Classes from Sept 2013 – June 2014, and returns to teach there whenever she is in New York. She has also taught Soca Dance and Caribbean Contemporary workshops in South Africa, Australia, London, Atlanta, Guadeloupe and Martinique, and has been contracted as Head Choreographer for a new dance and fitness program called SOKAFIT.
Ms. Prescott has judged several dance competitions both locally and internationally, with the most recent being the World of Dance Trinidad and Tobago Qualifier. She was hired on consecutive occasions by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago to judge national dance competitions such as the Prime Minister's Best Village Trophy Competition as well as by the private sector for Synergy TV T&T's Number 1 Dance Crew to name a few. In 2012, she received a Coco Award for her contribution to dance in Trinidad and Tobago.
Artistic Director - Elle InfiniTT (Formerly Elle NYTT)
Asst Professor - Modern & Contemporary, University of Trinidad and Tobago
La Shaun Prescott is the Founder and Artistic Director of the dance company Elle InfiniTT, which now has branches in New York and Trinidad and Tobago. She holds an M.Sc. in Economics from the University of the West Indies (UWI), an MFA in Dance from Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, and is currently as Assistant Professor of Dance at the University of Trinidad and Tobago. Her touring experience includes Europe, Canada, the USA and the Caribbean as lead dancer and choreographer with the world renowned Soca King Machel Montano for 7 years, as well as 22 states in USA with international artiste Pitbull. La Shaun was on staff at the Mark Morris Dance Center, Brooklyn, New York, teaching weekly Soca Dance Classes from Sept 2013 – June 2014, and returns to teach there whenever she is in New York. She has also taught Soca Dance and Caribbean Contemporary workshops in South Africa, Australia, London, Atlanta, Guadeloupe and Martinique, and has been contracted as Head Choreographer for a new dance and fitness program called SOKAFIT.
Ms. Prescott has judged several dance competitions both locally and internationally, with the most recent being the World of Dance Trinidad and Tobago Qualifier. She was hired on consecutive occasions by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago to judge national dance competitions such as the Prime Minister's Best Village Trophy Competition as well as by the private sector for Synergy TV T&T's Number 1 Dance Crew to name a few. In 2012, she received a Coco Award for her contribution to dance in Trinidad and Tobago.
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