E.J. Hamilton

E.J. Hamilton hails from St. Petersburg, Florida. Her training began at Judith Lee Johnson’s Dance Studio and Soulful Arts Dance Academy. She spent consecutive summers at Debbie Allen’s Dance Academy, the Ailey School, Broadway Theatre Project, the Performing Arts Project, and Broadway Dance Center. A proud alumna of thespian Troupe 4127, she graduated from St. Petersburg Catholic High School in 2011 and was accepted to Spelman College. Her junior year, she was initiated into Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Drama with a concentration in Dance with a Spanish minor in 2015. Post graduation, she moved to New York City and began her career as an assistant to NYU New Studio on Broadway professor and award-winning choreographer Byron Easley. Hamilton made her Broadway debut in Diana: The Musical in March 2020 and can also be seen in the Netflix film. She joined the heels ensemble of Moulin Rouge! on Broadway in 2022 and in 2023 became the first universal Lady M cover for both Broadway and the North American tour. Instagram: @e.j._hamilton.