Marisa is a Canadian-born, international artist with diverse experience. She performs as a freelancer between her dual home-bases of Toronto and Lisbon, whilst also making appearances on stages abroad. She has been seen on tour throughout Portugal, Switzerland, Cross-Canada, Spain, China, Thailand, and Italy.
Since her graduation from Ryerson University’s Dance Program in Toronto, she has focused on developing her career with a specialization in contemporary and neo-classical dance but has also been working avidly as a performer, choreographer, and teacher in a variety of styles including classical ballet, jazz, musical theatre, burlesque, and Brazilian samba dance. In addition to her work as a dancer, Marisa has found success as a model and actress in film/television and commercial Productions.
Some of her credits include works by Allan Falieri for InLimen, Iratxe Ansa, and Igor Bacovich of Metamorphosis Dance Collective, Luca Haseli of Focus Crew, Apolonia and Ofilio of Gadfly, ACE Dance Theatre, Vasco Alves, David Hernandez, Jeff Dimitriou, Michael Lavers, Cadence Ballet, Toronto International Ballet Theatre, Alias Dance Project, Skindivers Dance Company, I/O Movement, The National Ballet of Canada, and many more.
This is Marisa’s first time performing as a magician’s assistant and she is so thrilled to be a part of the Illusionarium team!
