BIO: Michelle Zeitlin had early dreams of becoming a Ballerina. And she was successful, landing a coveted position with the JOFFREY BALLET COMPANY in NYC. The early discipline of training in one of the most relentless of artistic “sports” catapulted her on her journey, as ARTIST, ACTRESS, DANCER CHOREOGRAPHER and TALENT MANAGER.
Ballet lead to Broadway, including working with the Master, Michael Bennett on the creation of SCANDAL. Hollywood projects include as TV SERIES REGULAR on “FAME” for MGM /NBC TV, and many primetime guest stars too.
Michelle launched More Zap Productions; producing, casting, choreographing and directing live Corporate Events and Industrials. Michelle produced over 2000 projects around the world in dance, music, theatre and multi-media.
Her corporate accounts have included HP, NIKE, DeBeers Diamonds, NuSkin, and many Fortune 500 companies, and she’s toured Australia, Japan, Canada, England, France, Israel and South America with these projects.
In 2010, after a two year stint employed as AGENT for the Bobby Ball Agency (BBA where she tripled revenue for that agency by enhancing multiple divisions including for DANCE, COMMERCIAL, MUSIC, EQUITY THEATRE –she opened a wing for Talent Management under the More Zap umbrella, signing clients for all stages of artistic development and representation. Her second company, Choreography Central, worked on over 50 competitive customized routines for all-star CHEER & DANCE teams nationwide, and managing a team of 20 top choreographers.
TALENT: More Zap develops and represents talent for on-camera, behind the camera, regional stage and Broadway. Clients are currently on daytime and primetime television, co-starring, guest-starring and starring in both scripted and unscripted programming. You’ve seen her clients of all ages, including a 9-year old social media influencer, a Disney star, series regular on The Young and the Restless, and indie movie up and comers in the news, and critically reviewed with major praise.
LITERARY: Since 2014, Michelle has represented authors for book publishing with success in fiction and non-fiction, adult and children’s books. Some best selling Authors, some debut writers are represented by More Zap Literary, along with her co-agent, Jane Cowen Hamilton. Michelle grew up in a house of writers and was encouraged to pursue poetry, creative writing and journalism, which she did, and it became a sideline career, until in 2006 she sold her original treatment and it was developed into a feature film called Liberty Street, for Bel-Air Entertainment, Warner Bros. Michelle received awards and accolades for her work as “triple threat” and writing (journalism & TV pitches) as well as for her directing/choreography assignments; including for the Banff TV Festival, "BEST TV PITCH" and the Young Choreographer Award, Banff Festival of the Arts (Canada), and Ms. Zeitlin was nominated by her peers for the The LEAP New Entrepreneur Award.
In addition to representing authors and artists, Ms. Zeitlin works with clients to secure the best collaborators for publicity, ancillary film/TV development and long-term success. More Zap looks at the full branding experience.
Her NEWEST ASSET is “Passion to Power” Choreography, Master Classes, Workshops for the Performing Arts, Entertainment, Visual Arts and Assemblies for All Ages, Children and Adults.
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