Venae Sears-Ellis
Owner & Artistic Director of kharisma dance studio, professional choreographer, singer, actress, FITNESS INSTRUCTOR & INTEGRATED STRETCH THERAPIST. Ms. Sears-Ellis has over 25 years of experience sharing the joy of dance and the performing arts to students of all ages and providing choreography to community theaters, churches, competitive dance competitions, music artists & dance fitness programs. She is also a professional singer and lead vocalist with “Kharisma Jazzmatic Funk” a 10-piece jazz & R&B soul Band and she her own band, called “Venae & The Vybbe”. Ms. Sears-ellis is a Certified Group Fitness Instructor & integrated stretch - flexibility therapist, with additional certifications in Zumba, Yoga, Yo-chi (yoga/tai-chi), and SilverSneakers.
professional musical theatre CHOREOGRAPHY credits include:
- school of rock
- nunsense
- newsies
- cinderella
- willy wonka
- mary poppins
- junie b. jones
- the lion, the witch, & the wardrobe
- alice in wonderland
- it’s a wonderful life
- trouble at the tropicabana
- Doubt
- annie
-MATILDA
-THE GLASS MENAGERIE
-ELF
-SIX DANCES IN SIX DAYS