Gabrielle teaches AcroDance at JLDC. She was a choreographer and director of Sarabande Dance Ensemble, a ballet, jazz, and contemporary group out of Tufts University. She was also a dancer/choreographer for Spirit of the Creative, an urban dance group. She recently graduated Magna Cum Laude from Tufts with bachelor’s degrees in Biopsychology and French. She spent summers in the all-star division at the New England Summer Dance Camp, where she trained under choreographers Courtney Ortiz and James Washington. Gabrielle trained under Jeanette Neill as part of the summer Boston Youth Moves program. Gabrielle was born and raised nearby in Natick, MA. She began dancing at the Greater Boston School of Dance at the age of 2 and took her training to the next level when she began competing at age 12. Gabrielle is trained in ballet, jazz, contemporary, acrobatics, lyrical, tap, musical theatre, and hip hop. She is currently working in an Alzheimer’s Research lab at MIT in the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. Gabrielle sees dance as an important outlet for self-expression, discovery, and overall well-being and something that must be shared with future generations.