"Mike Gosney's Grey, set to choral music by Tchaikovsky, was often breathtaking..."
Chicago Tribune

Founder and Artistic Director Mike Gosney began Elements Contemporary Ballet as a way of showcasing the many professional dancers he was training and coaching, as well as a means of forming his innovative movement concepts into exciting choreographic works.

As a choreographer, his work has appeared in Dance Chicago, Around the Coyote Arts Festival, Looptopia, Joel Hall’s Dances from the Halls, Evanston Arts Week, productions with the Evanston Dance Ensemble and Evanston Symphony, and in many other Chicago area festivals and dance performances. In addition to his work with ECB, Mike currently teaches ballet at Visceral Dance Center, Joel Hall Dance Center, and Dance Center Evanston, and has previously taught at Lou Conte Dance Center, Gus Giordano Dance Center, DancenterNorth, Eastern Illinois University, and College of Lake County. Mr. Gosney has orchestrated events for Evanston Arts Week and DanceArt Outreach Program, and formerly served as Artistic Director of Koslynn Dance Academy and SASS Productions. Prior to founding ECB, he studied with the Von Heideke School of Ballet and with many other local master teachers. He performed with companies such as Gus Giordano Dance Chicago, Instruments of Movement, Tyego Dance Project, and The Chicago Ballet.