Lea Marie D’Arminio, a New Jersey/NYC native is now a New England based dance performer, educator, creator and fitness professional. Lea is passionate about facilitating movement and exploration spaces for dancers of all ages and capabilities and in various settings. Whether she is teaching or leading/collaborating in a creative process, Lea works hard to establish a judgment-free zone for all those with her.

Lea worked as a performer and collaborator with GeaDanza and ACTIS of Italy, and in the US: Urbanity Dance Company, Natalie Johnson Dance, InProv Dance Collective, New Works World Traditions, Denizen Arts and Bailiamo Dance Company. Currently, Lea is a resident teacher, performer and choreographer with Metamorphosis Dance Company, while she teaches weekly adult movement classes at Festival Ballet Providence, and AS220 Dance.

In October 2021, Lea founded the elemdi performance collaborative – a union of local, RI/MA multidisciplinary artists committed to cultivating the creative spirit through both spectacle and study. Lea and the six other magical artistic wizards (as she likes to call them) of elemdi was thrilled to release its first evening-length work: one size fits all at AS220 Providence in May 2022 and Providence Fringe Festival in July 2022.

(IG: Lea – @leamarie0615 | elemdi – @elemdiperformancecollab)