ELIJAH LAURANT WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES. HE HAS RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS TO TRAIN AT SOUTH BAY BALLET AND THE AILEY SCHOOL IN NYC. ELIJAH STUDIED DANCE WITH JAMIE CARBETTA AT EL CAMINO COLLEGE AND IS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF PONY BOX DANCE THEATRE. HE HAS ALSO PERFORMED IN WORKS BY MATTHEW RUSHING, WENDY BAITY, CHRISTOPHER RUDD, JENNIFER MUELLER, ROBERTO VILLANUEVA AND JOSHUA BEAMISH. MOST RECENTLY, ELIJAH PERFORMED AKRAM KHAN’S CHOREOGRAPHY AT THE SHED AND WAS A FORMER COMPANY MEMBER WITH STEPHEN PETRONIO BEFORE JOINING GALLIM DANCE.