Melissa Velasco has been a Dance History adjunct faculty member at the University of New Mexico since 2003, specializing in the introduction to the dance history course “Dance Appreciation.” Melissa strives to bring a current perspective to the historical study of an ever-changing global art form. Melissa is the author of the dance history textbook: “Dance Appreciation: Exploring Dance History and Performance.”

In addition, Melissa is a choreographer, studio dance teacher, and stage manager. With the recent release of Book One: Intuition of her fictional series, “The Hollywood High Chronicles,” she finds herself artistically fulfilled in a well-rounded collection of areas.