Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Andrea began her training in Ballet when she was 6 years old with La Academia de Ballet Fanny Montiel. After immigrating to Canada in 2011, she started training at the Caulfield School of Dance, completing her Royal Academy of Dance Intermediate Vocational Examination and training with the Professional Training Division in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, contemporary and musical theatre during the last three years of her training there. She also began her teaching with the Caulfield School of Dance as a Teaching Assistant, and then a Teacher Trainee, now specializing in teaching Ballet and Contemporary to students ages 2 to Adults.
Andrea has also trained and worked in stage production management under the mentorship of Mandy Tulloch, and she is currently the Administrative Assistant at the Caulfield School of Dance. Having performed in many productions and events including the Goh Ballet’s “The Nutcracker”, many Evergreen Cultural Centre’s productions, and various SFU Dance shows. Andrea graduated from Simon Fraser University in 2022 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts majoring in Dance. She is now training with the Lamondance Training Company in North Vancouver full-time. Andrea has taught all over the Tri-Cities including studios such as Caulfield School of Dance, Dance Expressions, Vancouver Performing Stars and Tutu School North Vancouver. Taking on a new role, Andrea is how the Ballet Director at In Movement Dance Co and sits on the Board of the Evergreen Cultural Centre. Andrea welcomes all experiences within the dance world with open arms and is super excited to share her passion for dance with all of her students! |