Who is who in the field? What does a manager, an agent, a presenter, and a producer do? Where do they all meet and how do they get to know each other? Laura Colby is joined in this episode by guest Anna Amadei, Elsie Management’s Vice President, and her right hand for over 15 years. They will chat about the roles of this industry and what makes them interdependent and essential to the ultimate goal of presenting artists.

Anna Amadei Bio

A native of Italy, Anna Amadei has a BA in Communication and an MA in Performing Arts Management from the University of Bologna, Italy. A trained dancer, Anna moved to NYC in 2008 after her 4-year tenure as Daniele Cipriani’s executive assistant during which she managed the Italian tour of major dance companies such as Martha Graham Dance Company, Limon Dance Company, and Susanne Linke, among others. The same year, she joined the Elsie team as contracts manager and has since then covered the roles of Business Manager, Artists Representative, and now Vice President. Amadei signed Spellbound Contemporary Ballet (IT), Union Tanguera (FR & ARG), eVenti Verticali (IT), Sankofa Danzafro (COL), and fuse* (IT) to the Elsie Management roster. She has been awarded multiple grants from the Association of Performing Arts Professionals in support of her international travel and has served on grant panels. She is a 2010 APAP Emerging Leaders Institute Alumni.

With a passion for social dancing and traditional dances, she has performed tango, salsa, and Colombian traditional dances from 2009-2015 with Daniel Fetecua Productions, and has briefly returned to Modern dance performing with JA Compania de Danza in 2018. With a yoga training of over 30 years, Anna is now a certified Yoga Teacher and a humble Ayurveda student.

Amadei and her two children, Violeta and Elian, speak fluent Italian, English, and Spanish.

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Created by Elsie Management

Music by Manual Cinema