Currently on tour in the starring role of "Elmo" with "Sesame Street Live!", Jillian Grissinger was on staff with The Susan Chambers School of Theatre Dance during the 2000-2001 season teaching Hip-Hop.  After training with The Susan Chambers School of Theatre Dance and The Susan Chambers Dance Company, she won roles at Walt Disney World in the shows "Mania" and "Every Day's A Holiday", with Kolours Dance Theater, Phoenix Dance Project and Party Sphere professional dance companies. 

Jillian has appeared in television commercials, music videos, and in print advertisements for Kellogg's Hip Hop Gear.  She has choreographed children's theater, community choral and theater programs and high school dance teams.  Her training also includes a Tap Scholarship at STEPS in New York, a Jazz Scholarship at Studio F in Los Angeles, training in Hip-Hop and other dance styles, Musical Theater and Drama, and Workshops at Oglethorpe University in Improv and Commercial Acting.