Louisa Chapman Mejeur

Children’s Program Teacher

Originally from Midland, Texas Louisa Mejeur grew up dancing at Midland Festival Ballet under Susan Clark. She attended summer programs including Milwaukee Ballet, Joffrey New York, Alonzo King Lines, and Nederlands Dans Theater and was a regional finalist in Youth American Grand Prix. She danced seasons with Nashville Ballet 2 and BalletMet in Columbus, OH before joining Festival Ballet Providence in Rhode Island for four seasons. In addition to performing, she created and managed programs for their Educational Outreach Department and taught in their school. After marrying her husband, a Naval JAG Corps Officer, she moved to Virginia to dance with Virginia Ballet Theater and Todd Rosenlieb Modern Dance as well as teach in their academy. Whilst continuing to move, she has created choreographic works for Festival Ballet Providence, Bluebird Uncaged, The C Project , the Todd Rosenlieb Dance and Virginia Ballet Theater Ensembles, and the ABC Tokyo Ballet Company, as well as The Berkshire Choreography Project which presented her work The Elements at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in 2017. Louisa is excited to return to Rhode Island and shift her energies to teaching children; encouraging them to grasp their artistic creativity as well as continuing to create works for Rhode Island audiences.