Elena joined Trisha Brown Dance Company in 2009 prior to that was a member of Stephen Petronio Company from 2003-2008. Among the performances with those companies,  she has appeared at the Dance Umbrella Festival (London), The Joyce Theater (NYC), San Francisco Performances, UCLA Live!, New Art New Mexico, UC Santa Barbara, and the Dublin International Dance Festival. 

Elena is currently making dances with Pavel Zustiak, Kota Yamazaki, Lindsey Dietz Marchant, and Jimena Paz as well as developing her own projects. 

Her choreography has been presented at various downtown venues including BRIC, Wow Theater, Movement Research at Judson Church, Dance New Amsterdam and Dixon Place. 

In 2009 she was involved in the Martha Clarke’s production of “Garden of Earthly Delights” at Minetta Lane Theater.

Elena has taught internationally at many festivals and frequently in NYC schools including Dance New Amsterdam, Harkness Center for Dance, and Baryshnikov Arts Center. 

In 2010 Elena was a recipient of Jerome Robbins Foundation. 

 For the past few years Elena has worked simultaneously on dance films. In 2007 she was the recipient of EMPAC Dance Movies Commission as well as being nominated for the 2009 Dance on Camera Jury Prize for her work on Kino Eye. Her second dance film Vienna was screened on the opening of the New Galapagos Art Space in 2008.