Dr. Lily McCrossin, PT, DPT
Lily is a Dance Medicine Physical Therapist and Dance Artist based in Miami, Florida. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Modern Dance from the University of South Florida in 2018, and earned her Doctorate of Physical Therapy degree from the University of Miami in 2023. Prior to becoming a physical therapist, Lily was a founding member of the Tampa City Ballet, where she danced professionally and was on the dance faculty of the Tampa City Ballet School.
Growing up in rural Maryland, Lily was formally trained in ballet, jazz, tap, modern, and improvisation at the Inwood Performing Arts Company. Lily attended summer intensives at the American Academy of Ballet, Maryland Youth Ballet, GloATL, Ballet San Jose, and on full scholarship with Ballet Austin, the Orlando Ballet School, and Joffrey Ballet School. Lily is a recipient of the William Hug Scholarship for excellence in choreography, the Hope Rietschlin Scholarship for excellence in performance, and multiple talent grants. With a passion for dance career longevity, Lily founded Baseline Dance with aspirations to provide dance medicine education to professional and freelance dance artists, collegiate and university dance students, and dance educators. While simultaneously making dance medicine research more comprehensible and accessible to dancers on a global scale.
Lily is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, Florida Physical Therapy Association, the Performing Arts Medicine Association, and the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science. When she is not in the clinic or studio, Lily enjoys spending time with her friends and family, painting, attending dance performances, playing tennis with her fiancé, Luciano, and reading mystery books.
Luciano Laratelli
Luciano is the co-founder of Baseline Dance. A software engineer and developer, he manages the website, related technical matters, and other digital properties. He is also in charge of day-to-day business operations, scheduling, and billing.
He holds a Master of Science in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry.
He lives in Miami Beach with Lily and their dog, Delta. In his free time he plays tennis with Lily, goes to dance performances, reads mystery and sci-fi novels, watches heist films, and listens to jazz, hip-hop, and neo-soul.