Elias Brzezinski is in his first season with Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company. Mr. Brzezinski is a 22-year-old native to Baltimore, MD. He began his dance journey at age 3. At age 14, Elias was accepted into the dance magnet program at G.W. Carver Center for the Arts and Technology where he attended high school, focusing on modern and ballet techniques. Elias has trained in various styles over the years including but not limited to, modern, ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, and West African. Elias recently received his BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography from Towson University, where he has trained and performed choreographic works under Jawole Willa Jo Zollar of Urban Bushwomen, Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrel – current artistic director of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Robert Kleinendorst – alumnus of the Paul Taylor Dance Company, and many more. Since 2017, Elias has worked with Dancer/Choreographer/Professor Vincent E. Thomas and in 2021 became a founding member of Mr. Thomas’ secondary company, VTDance II, becoming a dancer and the rehearsal director for the second company.