Andrea Gittens
Dance Extreme
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"Andrea Gittens is a professional choreographer, a trained dance instructor and Musical Theatre performer. She grew up on stage dancing and as a teen appeared in a CTV commercial for Eaton’s Centre and on stage with the Tommy Banks Orchestra. Her love of theatre took her to the Yukon where she spent two summers in Whitehorse as a CanCan dancer in the Frantic Follies Vaudeville Revue. Eager to perfect her craft she moved to NYC and went on to graduate from American Musical and Dramatic Academy. She performed in cabarets, in musicals in Greenwich Village, in summer stock theatres in Pennsylvania before returning to Vancouver to continue her career as a sought after choreographer and performer. She has appeared in West Side Story, Anything Goes, Guys and Dolls, Annie, Funny Girl, Wizard of Oz, Chorus Line, Unforgettable: The Story of Nat ‘King’ Cole, Brigadoon, several appearances with the Urban Tap Squad and the The Shoe tap company. Vancouver offered many opportunities to do stand-in work in TV and film and appear as a model/dancer for such events as West Edmonton Mall Spring Show, Miss India World Pagent, and several Industrials. Shows she has choreographed include Cats, Pajama Game, Ring of Fire, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Guys and Dolls, Gilbert and Sullivan’s Ruddigore, South Pacific, Bye,Bye Birdie, Bugsy Malone, Annie Warbucks, Through the Looking Glass, and 42nd Street,
Andrea is pleased to continue building her career in London and choreographs for Original Kids Theatre, is a faculty member at Dance Extreme dance studio and enjoys working with wedding couples who are looking to add another element to their first dances. She has also been involved with The Grand Academy’s training program and as a consultant with Storybook Gardens. Although she focuses most of her teaching hours on the younger dancers, she loves to see new couples discover the thrill of dancing. Looking forward to working with these highly competitive athletes of the 911, she is thrilled to return to Dancing With the Stars and wishes all the dancers the best in their journey."
Andrea is pleased to continue building her career in London and choreographs for Original Kids Theatre, is a faculty member at Dance Extreme dance studio and enjoys working with wedding couples who are looking to add another element to their first dances. She has also been involved with The Grand Academy’s training program and as a consultant with Storybook Gardens. Although she focuses most of her teaching hours on the younger dancers, she loves to see new couples discover the thrill of dancing. Looking forward to working with these highly competitive athletes of the 911, she is thrilled to return to Dancing With the Stars and wishes all the dancers the best in their journey."
