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Andrea received her Certificate of Dance from The Ailey School NYC where she was part of the Student Performance Ensemble and toured the New York metropolitan area. She has studied with the late Kevin Rotardier, the late David Howard, Milton Myers, Ann Reinking, the late Tony Stevens, Dorit Koppel, and Savion Glover.
...Read moreAndrea received her Certificate of Dance from The Ailey School NYC where she was part of the Student Performance Ensemble and toured the New York metropolitan area. She has studied with the late Kevin Rotardier, the late David Howard, Milton Myers, Ann Reinking, the late Tony Stevens, Dorit Koppel, and Savion Glover.
Performance credits include Radio City Music Hall, Helen Hayes Theatre, Hercules on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre, the role of Arabian in The Nutcracker as a guest artist as well as dancing as a Rockette in Cremaster 3, an independent film at the Guggenheim Museum, directed by Matthew Barney. She has also premiered numerous dance works at the Two River Theater, Silk City Arts Festival and SUNY New Paltz.
As a choreographer, Andrea has created over fifty repertory works for students and professional companies ranging in style from classical to Modern to Musical Theatre, including full length versions of ballets to full scale musicals. Some of her favorite shows and performances include A Funny Thing...Forum, Chicago, and Guys and Dolls. Other regional productions include Grease, Annie, Bye Bye Birdie, Godspell and Footloose.
Andrea guest teaches ballet, Horton modern, theatre dance, audition technique, injury prevention and Pilates. She has designed injury prevention programs that fuse dance, science and anatomy so that students have a better understanding of how their bodies work.
Teaching credits include Broadway Dance Center, Marymount Manhattan College, SUNY New Paltz, and Montclair State University. She coaches students and professionals in NYC for auditions and college bound performers.
Andrea is an Associate Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, NYC.
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Andrea's class incorporates an introduction to barre work, positions, vocabulary, and basic/beginner ballet steps. Dancers acquire a working knowledge of classical ballet through barre, center work, including adagio, allegro and developing line and performance quality.
Students gain an awareness to balance, breath, strength and coordination. Alignment and musicality are stressed in class as well as awareness of space while connecting phrases of movement together.
Andrea teaches dancers novice to professional with encouragement, guidance and above all, humor. Students are encouraged, inspired and motivated. Dancers, actors and singers are welcomed!