with the music of Mina Mazzini and Raffaella Carrà

choreography by Julia Patella

featuring Elisabeth Malanga and Julia Patella

coming to New York City, Winter 2026

Elisabeth Malanga

Raised between Rome and the United States, Elisabeth Malanga is an Italian-American dancer and theater artist active in the independent theatre and film scenes of New York City

Malanga received her ballet training from The Pacific Northwest Ballet School, under the direction of Kent and Francia Russell and Peter Boal, where while training, she performed in student roles with The Pacific Northwest Ballet beginning at age 10. She received additional training from American Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, Miami City Ballet, The Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Ballet Academy East and Wilhelm Burmann. After graduating high school she danced with The Pennsylvania Ballet, The Suzanne Farrell Ballet and Madison Ballet. She has performed contemporary and classical works by Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine, Christopher Wheeldon, Darrell Moultrie, Stephanie Martinez, Durante Verzola and William E. Smith. 

Elisabeth holds a degree in Anthropology and Italian literature from Columbia University.

Julia Patella

Julia Patella is an Italian-American choreographer and theater maker recognizable for rigorous musicality, dramaturgical foundation, and characters with vibrant personalities. 

Patella’s choreography spans evening length dance works (Footfall, The Simon Suites), individual pieces (“The Players”, “Beach Town Constituency”, “Muse”), musicals (Daniella Sapone’s Alive: The Mary Shelley Musical, Sunday in the Park With George, Damn Yankees), plays (Yale Dramatic Association’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Elif Collective’s Waiting for Godot and This is Our Youth), film (Alex Deland’s “On the Sidewalk at Night”), and experimental/interdisciplinary performance (New York Circus Project’s Hamlet).

Julia holds a BA in Dance and Sociology from Barnard College of Columbia University where she studied tap under Dormeshia. She is an adjunct faculty choreographer in the Peddie School department of theatre and serves proudly on the alumni boards for both Flight Path Dance Project (tuition-free repertory concert dance training) and First Stages (artistic development for new musical theatre).