LADY

Melissamarie Wilhelm
Associate Artist, Starfish Circus Executive Director
Dancer, Actress, Teacher
Skills: Hoop, silk, fire, dance
Schooling: BA from Illinois Wesleyan University
Background: Jersey-grown with an extensive nurturing in dance: modern, tap, jazz, ballet, choreography, and Labanotation. For 18 years she has lived for her dance, and enjoyed working with Disney, Laban, Li Chiao Ping, and the Lindholms.
Favorite Fruit: All of them
Cats: Lucky, with a pink & black nose
Fact: Accidentally broke into a walled-in, 11th Century Monastery that hadn't been penetrated by a woman in over 500 years.