Carissa Bellando
Carissa Bellando is a Dance Professor, Instructor, and Choreographer originally from NY. She holds a MFA in Contemporary Dance and a BA in Theater and Speech with a concentration in Musical Theater with a minor in Dance. She performed professionally for thirteen years in Musical Theater and Concert Dance in the US and Taiwan for theaters and cruise ships before retiring from performance to focus solely on teaching and choreographing. Some of her favorite performance roles include Tumblebrutus in Cats and Die Hexe (The Witch) in Es War Einmal (Once Upon a Time). Over the years Carissa has choreographed numerous musicals for theaters and colleges in the US and Germany including Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Nine, and Comeback! Das Karl Marx Musical to name a few.
