Ms. Frasz holds a B.A. and M.A. in dance from Butler University and an M.F.A. from the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana. She was a faculty member at Colby Women’s College, East Carolina University and, for eight years, the Dance Center of Columbia College in Chicago. She is currently Professor of Dance at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, where she teaches Advanced Modern Technique, Choreography, Improvisation, Professional Seminar in Dance and Advanced Tap. She also teaches Musical Theatre and choreographs musical productions for the School of Theatre and Dance. This master teacher has also been in residence at many schools, colleges and universities. Her many achievements include: Mordine & Company featured dancer and featured dancer at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. She created the role of Stella Starbuck in the murder mystery, What Are We Going to Do With Mary? and danced with the Chicago Repertory Dance Ensemble. Her choreography has been commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Elgin Symphony Orchestra and the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra. She is one of the founding choreographer’s of Chicago’s Next Dance Festival, whose work has been called “powerfully modern” by Lynne Voedisch of the Chicago Sun Times. Frasz received the 1999 Ruth Page Award for Artistic Achievement in Choreography from the Chicago Dance Coalition, and the 2002 Artists Fellowship for Choreographic Excellence from the Illinois Arts Council, and has served several terms on the Illinois Arts Council Dance Panel. Ms. Frasz, an active and vital member of Chicago’s dance community, also serves the Chicago Dance And Music Alliance and is a member of Actor’s Equity Association. She is currently Co-Artistic Director of DanceLoop Chicago, a new, not-for-profit professional modern dance company in Chicago, IL, which, in its first year of operation, performed nearly 100 dance productions and produced two successful benefits, including one at the renowned Charlie Trotter’s Restaurant in Chicago. DanceLoop Chicago actively performs in the Chicago area and is currently in residence at Belle Plaine Studio.