• Associate Producer/ Story Writer-Consultant, "Liberty Street", Feature Film,
  Bel-Air Entertainment; Warner Bros. (with Maureen Donley, Partner)
  Development Deal--2 years

• Independent Producer, "The Rouge," "Poetic Justice," and other Features and
  Specials, in Development

• Founder/Owner of Choreography Central;
  • Producer of on-camera Choreography Instruction Series.
  • Hiring, management and training for the (NFL and NBA affiliated) "New Breed" and "Pro" staffs.
  • Designing of programs, workshops, and business model for execution of
    creative services for championship youth associations, JV and Varsity high
    school dance and cheerleading teams, collegiate squads, and competitive
    All-star studio gyms nationwide.
  • *Noteworthy: Awarded a (CTFD) Grant for Launching of Company - April 1st, 2004-January 19th, 2006

• Agent, BBA, Bobby Ball Agency - Director of the ³NEW² Dance & Choreography Dept.
  • Represented 270 dance clients and 18 professional choreographer/directors
    for all facets of the entertainment world, including film, TV, Broadway,
    regional stage, concert companies, multi-media, sound track recording and
    promotions.
  • * Noteworthy: Michelle tripled monthly revenue for the department.
  • * Three significant over-scale spokesperson commercial & live appearance/print contracts were closed by Michelle for worldwide campaigns; among them TANQUERAY "Tony Sinclair" and COCA-COLA (Fanta Brand)
  • * In addition to booking hundreds of PROJECTS; commercials, music video, theatrical and Equity theatre contracts for her clients, Michelle opened up relations with Hillary Duff re: Andre'Recke Management/Touring, Fox Operations, MTV, Platinum Prods., Mattel and several corporate industrial producers for the agency.
    

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CEO & Founder of More Zap Productions:
Co-founder of More Zap 2 with partner, Nancy Gregory (2001-2003)

• Managed Events in Tel Aviv, Tokyo, London, Paris, all over Canada and
  the United States (Some in Hebrew, Japanese and Spanish)

• Wrote budget proposals for up to 2- million dollar accounts.

• Brainstormed, pitched and wrote creative proposals.

• Designed contracts for clients and independent contractors and
  vendors.

• Created casting data base for actors, models, dancers, specialty
  artists, children, with resources in New York, Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

• Developed, produced and coordinated over 600 projects including the
  following

PROJECTS: (Partial List of over 600 projects)

• Music Video, for Rascal Flatts, CMT; Director, Shaun Silva, Tacklebox Films,
  Nashville. Producer, John Hopgood, UPM, Bonnie Lena‹Consulting and Casting

• LPGA, Samsung Corporate Industrial, Palm Desert with Barkley-Kalpak
  Assoc.‹Concept Development, Casting, Choreography (with co-choreographer,
  Danial J. Brown)

• "Princess Party Jams, Where Dreams Begin"
  Disney DVD Dance Along Video Series with Grapevine Productions, Tony
  Carenzo, Director-Casting, Choreography

• "Music Pop" National Pringles Commercial/ CCW and Digital
  Kitchen‹Choreography

• "Liquid Assets" Special on Drew Barrymore, BBC TV-Casting (dancing kids)
  Choreography, and Special Guest Appearance on Agenting
  E! Entertainment Hollywood, Special on Paula Abdul‹Segment on Cheer Dance

• JCK and AGS DIAMOND shows for DWA Communications, International and
  National Shows (3 years) with Diane Warga-Arias for Diamond Promotion
  Service & DeBeers Diamonds-Concept Building, Creative Execution, Casting,
  Choreography

• "Elan Awards" for the Marketing /Real Estate Industry, Beverly Hills Hotel
  with Pete Mayer Productions and Ellen Farmer Productions--Opening
  Entertainment Concept and Direction

• 3 Commercials with Lena Vision, and Production Coordinator, Bonnie Lena,
  Regional and Latin Markets‹Casting for Adults and Children

• "Thank Heaven" Feature Film, Heaven Scent Productions--Choreographer

• *Noteworthy: Upcoming Feature Release (Check IMDB for more info.)

• "YIN YANG GANG" Pop Group-Co-creator with Michael Striar Management of Teen
  Recording Group- Casting, Touring and Recording

• American Express Industrial, Paramount Pictures Events, Susan Collane and
  PRA Destination Mgmt.-Concept, Casting, Choreography

• CBS News Affiliates, Paramount Studios, with Susan Collane
  Productions-Creation of Original Environmental Show

• "Miss Teenage America" Scholastic & Talent Awards (6 years consecutively)
  with Elite Model Competitions-Staging, Production

• Robert Townsend Television Special, HBO, Tinsel Townsend, Walter Miller, (Associate Choreographer with Russell Clark)

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• Michelle has extensive credits in live theatre, including Broadway, film and television as an actor/dancer/singer, with training by world class coaches and instructors-- please request theatrical resume and bio

• Member of SAG, AFTRA, AEA unions (honorable withdrawl)

• Solo artist with the Joffrey Ballet Concert Group NYC.

• Keynote Speaker:
  Cheer Expo-- Halifax Nova Scotia, Golden State Spirit Association, Arizona Spirit Association, Pepperdine Communications Guest Lecturer, Global Vibrations/London, Professional Dance Center/Tokyo

• Published Writer:
  Dance Critic, Book Reviews, Celebrity Profiles, Op-Ed for Magazines, Newspapers and on-line Programs including; Los Angeles Times, Teen, Seventeen, Readers Digest (published in 12 languages)

• *Noteworthy:
  Recognized by Dance Teacher Magazine, as "an innovative and stylish choreographer."