Lorraine Chapman, one of Dance Magazine's "25 To Watch" in 2008, has danced with Eliot Feld Ballets/NY and Ballet British Columbia under the artistic direction of Balanchine muse Patricia Neary, as well as for several Boston-based choreographers including Amy Spencer, Richard Colton, Diane Arvanites-Noya, Jose Mateo, and Marcus Schulkind. She received her training at The Royal Winnipeg Ballet School and L'Ecole Superieure De Danse Du Quebec as well as from Boston veterans Francis Kotelly and Samuel Kurkjian. As an independent choreographer Lorraine has created works for the Northwest New Works Festival in Seattle at On The Boards-Behnke Center and The Bessie Schonberg Residency at The Yard. Ms. Chapman received a commission from Alberta Ballet for their Festival of New Works: Arias 2004 where she shared the bill with internationally acclaimed solo artist Margie Gillis and more recently from Festival Ballet of Providence for Up Close On Hope. Amy Spencer and Richard Colton awarded Lorraine with a Choreographer’s Project Fellowship for Summer Stages Dance 2005, and for 2008 she is the recipient of their Summer Stages Dance/Baryshnikov Arts Center Residency Project.