Elisa Montalvo
Co-Founder and Creative Director
Shanghai YinWu
Elisa Montalvo is co-founder and creative director of Shanghai YinWu, a company working across live entertainment, immersive productions and character-driven experiences.
Montalvo has a background in choreography, direction and live entertainment. From 2014 to 2019, she worked at Shanghai Disney Resort as a director and choreographer, contributing to productions including Mickey’s Storybook Express and Summer Blast. Her other credits include the Duffy and Friends show featuring StellaLou and the Chinese New Year production Shanghai Swing.
Her work also includes choreography for Untrainable, a stage show at Universal Studios Beijing, and movement direction for the holographic elements of The Alchemist – The Secret Life of Isaac Newton. Developed by Immersive International, the production combines live performance with holographic and other visual effects and is presented at Valley of Wonder Theme Park in Xiangyang, China.
Through Shanghai YinWu, Montalvo works on the development and production of live entertainment for Chinese and international markets. The company's projects include the opening entertainment programme for Wool Wool Town Theme Park in Harbin, where it led creative development for interactive parades, atmosphere performances and an immersive theatre concept.
YinWu's work draws on Montalvo's experience adapting characters and stories for live performance, including choreography, music, staging and visual storytelling.
