July 21, 2026. Sincé (Sucre), Colombia. 

Ballet and Cumbia Exchange Workshop at the House of Culture in Sincé (in the land that gave rise to the Cumbia dance).

Ballet teacher: Elisa Tor Franky

Cumbia teacher: Oscar Ruiz Atencia

Participants:  dancers of the ATABAQUE Dance School 

(see the video)

June 6 and 5, 2026. Breslin PAC of Felician University– Lodi Campus. 262 South Main Street, Lodi, NJ.

2026 Spring Dance Recital of Broadway Bound Dance Center.

In this Recital, a group of Elisa Toro Franky' s students presented the piece "Ode to Moss" to celebrate the successful organization of urban communities that live tightly together but in harmony, interdependence, and celebration of diverse cultures. Here various dance vocabularies are blended, always having ballet as a base. This was a great opportunity for them to increase their versatility. 

Choreography and voiceover : Elisa Toro Franky. Text written by Jimi C. Hartmann.  Music: Hijo de la Luna, by Mecano.

2025: ballet teacher in New Jersey Ballet School, that is the official school of New Jersey Ballet Company. 

The School has provided top quality instruction for thousands of students for 72 years. 

2024: Bachelor's Diploma in Psychology,  Magna Cum Laude, awarded by California Southern University. 

2024: Westchester Ballet Company: Honoring Elisa Toro Franky in the Benefit Gala, as Exceptional Dancer and Educator.

2024: ballet teacher in Kanyok Arts Initiative, organization in New York that bridges aspiring artists from the studio to the professional stage.

2023 to present: teaching artist in Broadway Bound Dance Center, at 99 West Madison Ave, Dumont, New Jersey 07628

2023 to present:  teaching artist in the Community Arts Program Residencies of Ballet Hispánico in New York.

2023 to present: Co-lead teaching artist in Misty Copeland Foundation, organization  in New York that aims to bring greater diversity, equity, and inclusion to dance, especially ballet.

Virtual workshop in Flamenco  and Ballet. February 8 to 12, 2021.

Taught by Elisa Toro Franky and Amilkar Olaya García, founder of @flamenkar.

2018 to present:  teaching artist with Accent Dance NYC at Amani Public Charter School and Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education. 

Also in 2019 Elisa has teached the nurses at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (during the Covid-19 pandemic) .

2018 - to present: teaching artist  in Logrea Dance Academy / Westchester Ballet Company.

 2016-2018:  guest teacher at Brooklyn Ballet.

2015-2018:  teaching artist in Dance Workshop in New York.

2015: Open World Dance Foundation, New York City. 

Ballet Instructor in the Vaganova method, certified by Open World Dance Foundation.  Diploma given by Professor Ludmila Safronova and Irina Kolpakova (students of Vaganova); Vladilen Semenov, Ekaterina Shchelkanova, and Anton Boytsov

2014 : ballet teaching artist  in Dardo Galleto Studios, In New York