MICHELLE LOUCADOUX FRASER

Michelle Loucadoux Fraser is a multi-hyphenate, multi-passionate artist and educator. She has performed in five Broadway musicals including playing the role of Hope Harcourt with Sutton Foster and Joel Grey in the Tony award-winning Anything Goes, originating the Broadway cast of The Little Mermaid as Adella and eventually playing the title role of Ariel, performing the role of Babette in Beauty and the Beast, originating the Broadway cast of Mary Poppins, and singing alongside Paul McCartney in Chance and Chemistry. Previous to joining Broadway, she danced professionally for New Jersey Ballet, Greensboro Ballet, Lexington Ballet, and was a trainee at the Richmond Ballet, performing roles from the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Nutcracker to Balanchine's Serenade. She studied ballet at the American Ballet Theatre School in New York and Nutmeg Conservatory and vocal performance with David Castonguay at Radford University. On screen, Michelle starred in films including Across the Universe and The Bounce Back and has appeared on television in shows including Criminal Minds, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and The View.

Michelle is the co-founder of Danscend, a company that provides mental health resources for dancers and dance educators. With Danscend, she travels around the world speaking about how dancers can both cope with the stressors related to dance and train their minds to help them perform at their highest level. Michelle has an MBA  from Western Governor’s University, a BA in English from Virginia Commonwealth University, and she is a published author (Roman and Littlefield - Making it Werk: A Dancer's Guide to the Business of Dance). She is currently on faculty at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles (AMDA) and in her spare time, she enjoys long-distance running, reading, and fantasy football.