Born in St. Louis, Elliott Geolat comes from a background of classical pianists and music instructors. He took his first dance class at the age of four and, by the time he was thirteen, had begun seriously training at The Ballet Conservatory in St. Louis under the guidance of artistic director, Nathalie LeVine. After studying with instructors such as Frances Svendsen, Deborah Carr, Maxim Tchernychev, Anthony Wozniak and Irina Zykova, he attended summer intensives at American Ballet Theatre in New York City and Houston Ballet Academy, both on full scholarship. In 2000, he was invited by artistic director, Gen Horiuchi to join Saint Louis Ballet where he rose to the rank of Principal Dancer. In addition to dancing lead roles in Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet, Giselle and other classical ballets, he has performed works by choreographers such as George Balanchine, Twya Tharp, Christopher d'Amboise, Jessica Lange and Amy Seiwert. Having loved cinema from an early age, Geolat branched out into filmmaking while continuing to perform as a dancer. Working closely with cinematographer and long-time collaborator, Christopher Gibbs, he has directed nine short films and supervised the production of a feature-length documentary, all of which have been screened in film festivals and art shows. "Curtains" (2012), "Nightfall on Neptune" (2013), "In the Pines" (2015), "Ruins" (2016) and "Captured" (2016) are dance films that feature his work as a choreographer. Both "Nightfall on Neptune" and "In the Pines" were screened by the St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, the St. Louis International Film Festival and the St. Louis Arts Alliance. "In the Pines" was additionally presented by the Los Angeles Dance Film Festival. Geolat recently completed a large-scale, narrative dance film titled "Ashlock." For this production, he choreographed on twelve dancers of both Saint Louis Ballet and The Big Muddy Dance Company and commissioned four new music recordings by nine professional musicians, including famed cellist, Ben Sollee.