Michelle Contrino

Adjunct Professor of Dance

MICHELLE CONTRINO graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Dance in 1991. She traveled abroad for nine years, working as a dancer for various luxury cruise lines, performing in Broadway and Vegas Revue Shows. Michelle, and her husband Jay, lived in Nashville, Tennessee for three years, where she was on faculty at the School of Nashville Ballet and a member of Epiphany Modern Dance Company. Michelle recently graduated with a Masters in Fine Arts in dance as a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society and the National Dean's List. She is currently teaching classes at the University of North Texas, Texas Woman's University, and North Central Texas College, where she is helping to design a new associate's degree program in dance.