ELIJAH W. LANCASTER

Dancer

Port Au Prince, Haiti

Born in Port Au Prince, Haiti, Elijah began his formal dance training at the age of seven at Aspire Dance in Arkansas. As well as in Tulsa, OK. Under the direction of Kristin McQuaid at Prestige Dance Company. He then furthered his training at The Ailey School, where he graduated from the Certificate Program in 2018. Since then, Elijah has performed with XY Dance Project, Ailey II, The Black Iris Project, Houston Ballet and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. In 2020, Mr. Lancaster was the principal dancer and actor in an EMMY AWARD WINNING film with The Black Iris Project entitled WILD: These walls can talk by Jeremy McQueen. He also appeared in Alvin Ailey’s Memoria during the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s 2016, 2017, and 2021 New York City Center seasons. Elijah has worked with choreographers Elisa Monte, Norbert De La Cruz lll, Nejla Yatkin, Amy Hall Garner, Channel Da Silva, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Andrea Miller, Francesca Harper, Christopher Huggings and William Forsythe. Elijah joined Dallas Black Dance Theatre in 2022.