Ms. Gabby

Gabriella Bruno (Ms. Gabby) is a proud Bay Area native, professional dancer, choreographer, performer, and educator. She has studied all genres of dance including tap, jazz, ballet, modern, hip-hop, contemporary, world dance, and musical theater. Her dance career and training have taken her to LA and NYC, but her heart has always been in NorCal.

Gabriella received her BFA in Dance Performance from Chapman University and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a minor in English in 2014. Since graduating she has performed in various highly-acclaimed venues in both Northern and Southern California as well as throughout New York City. She has been an integral member and performer of companies like Tap Overload, abunDANCE, and Psychosomatic Dance, to name a few. She also had the honor of being a principle dancer in Keomi Tarver's hit 5-woman production of, Love and War, which debuted as a sold out show in NYC in 2016. Gabriella also directed and choreographed for her own dance collective, SHIFT, which gained a lot of traction for their pieces about social issues, more specifically mental health awareness. Gabriella was able to debut her choreography for many popular performance venues throughout well-known dance circuits and venues Brooklyn and Manhattan.

Since relocating back to the Bay Area 3 years ago, Gabriella has been dancing professionally with Natasha Carlitz Dance Ensemble, a modern dance company based in Palo Alto, as a principle company member. She is proud to be a living example to her students that pursuing your passions, whatever they may be, can take you far in life.

Gabriella is honored to be Tap Director, along with the many other 'hats' she wears at DAU. She looks forward to having fun creating movement, rhythms, and growing our incredible dance family even more!