Jazz and Tap Instructor
Andrea is a native of Atlanta, and has over 28 years of dance training, instruction, and choreography experience combined. Her technical training began at the age of 5 and has developed into a diverse background including ballet, tap, jazz, modern, Pointe, lyrical, and African dancing. She has received professional training from Northside School of the Performing Arts, Terpsichore Dance Center, Dance Educators of America, Steps Dance Studio and Broadway Dance Center in New York, and various workshops/seminars/master classes held in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
CHOREOGRAPHY ACHIEVEMENTS
¨ BET Starcase ’91 Talent Variety Show
¨ Video for Rap Artist Lance Romance
¨ New York City Gospel Video “Over and Over”
¨ Kick-Off Classic Half-Time Show Dancers; 1989-1993
¨ Sugar Bowl Half-Time Show Dancers; 1989-1993
¨ Gator Bowl Half-Time Show Dancers; 1989-1993
¨ Super Bowl Half-Time Show Dancers; 1994
¨ Georgia Tech Dance Line; 1991-1996
¨ Souls of the Feet Dance Company; 1995
¨ Atlanta Summer Olympic Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies; 1996
¨ BOVANTI Super Model Contest Production Number; 1995-1997
¨ North Atlanta High School Senior Dance Production; 1998
¨ Black College Queen Pageant Production Number; 2001
¨ Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Junior Debutante Ball; 2002
CHOREOGRAPHY AWARDS
¨ Star Systems Talent Competition Award for Spiritual production I GIVE YOU PRAISE
¨ Gene Kelly Award for Tap Production STOMP
¨ Paula Abdul Company Dance Award for Tap Production STOMP
¨ Dance Educators of America Award for Jazz Production RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH
¨ Dance Educators of America Award for Tap Production RIVER DANCE
¨ LA Dance Force Award for Lyrical WHEN YOU BELIEVE
¨ LA Dance Force Award for Ballet AMERICAN SYMPHONY
¨ LA Dance Force Award for Lyrical Production FOR EVERY MOUNTAIN
¨ Star Power Talent Competition “Alvin Ailey” Award for Modern WADE IN THE WATER
¨ Dance Educators of America Choreography Award for UNITE AND RISE
¨ Panoply Arts Festival Honorable Mention Choreography Award for THE NOISE, THE FUNK