“The Milwaukee Dance Connection” under the artistic direction of Allyne D. Gartrell. She continued on to study dance at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she graduated with her B.F.A in Dance under the tutelage of Ed Burgess, Simone Ferro, Janet Lily, Andre Tyson, Dani Kuepper, Elizabeth Johnson, Luc Vanier, Deb Lowen, Marcia Parsons, Ferne Yangyeitie Caulker-Bronson, Darci Brown Wutz, and Lisa Moberly. During her time at UWM, she created numerous pieces of work for dance composition classes, in which she participated, as well as her performances in the Summer Dances of 2012, including Luc Vanier’s piece “Bob's Palace”. In the summer of that same year, she also worked with Luc Vanier and other dancers to help create and perform “Somatohphobia.” Throughout her dance career, she has studied a vast array of dance styles, including Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Jazz, Modern, Contemporary, Lyrical, African, Hip Hop, Musical Theater, and some basic Ballroom. She has been in, choreographed/assisted with choreography, and worked on makeup design in numerous musicals performed in the Milwaukee area at the high school level and the community theater level.  She has taught at various studios in Wisconsin and Illinois, and master classes for dance conventions.  She also has taught for Mad Hot Tap and Ballroom with Danceworks.  Alisa Ferrante has a master's in education with a K-9 regular ed teaching certification through Alverno in partnership with MPS.  She is currently a teacher for  Milwaukee Public Schools during the day, and at night and weekends she teaches at Academy of Dance Arts in Brown Deer, Studio oXo in Racine, and choreographs and designs makeup for the musicals for Cedarburg High School.  Dance is a huge part of her life, and she wouldn’t have it any other way!