Todd Rosenlieb began his professional career in 1992 when Erick Hawkins selected him from a technique class to join his company in New York City. Named Company Director in the fall of 1995, Mr. Rosenlieb has staged Hawkins repertory around the country, including the last piece of Hawkins’ choreography, Journey of a Poet. During this time he coached Mikhail Baryshnikov in the lead role and danced with The White Oak Project at the Brooklyn Academy of Music for its premiere.

He enjoyed a five-year tenure as principal dancer, choreographer, and artistic advisor with Virginia Ballet Theatre, and has danced with Second Wind Dance Company. He has taught and staged choreography throughout the United States including Jacob’s Pillow and the American Dance Festival.

His original choreography has been performed at both the National and Regional High School Dance Festivals, at Montclair State University, Virginia School of the Arts, Old Dominion University, University of Nevada, Sarah Lawrence College, and New York University, among others. He earned his BA degree from Bucknell University in English and Economics and his MFA degree in Performance and Choreography from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

His most recent work includes setting original choreography at Ballets de San Juan in Puerto Rico and Nashville Ballet;staging the Imani Quintet, choreographing for the new opera Pocohantas presented by the nationally acclaimed Virginia Arts Festival; filming a music video with Annie Lenox and Twyla Tharp; choreographing for Petula Clark; and staging the daunting music of I Never Saw Another Butterfly with the Virginia Children’s Chorus. Next year, he has been commissioned to set work on The Richmond Ballet, James Madison University and Coker College.

He is a certified Pilates instructor and has been on the faculty of The Governor’s School for the Arts for the past 13 years. He is director of The TRDance Center and is on faculty of Tidewater Community College.