Elsa Wolliaston

Biography

Elsa Wolliaston was a Jamaican-born dancer and choreographer born in 1945. She developed her classical dance training in New York with Alexandra Danilova, before co-founding Mâ Danse Rituel Théâtre with Hideyuki Yano in 1975. Her career spanned a notable collaboration with percussionist Jean-Yves Colson and the establishment of her own studio and company, One Step, in the following years.