> Michelle Madore Andrews is the current World Champion in the Cabaret > Division of Ballroom Dance. She and her husband Taggard have also won 1st > place at many International Competitions such as The Ohio Star Ball > Dancesport Championships, broadcast on PBS each year. She has been studying > dance since she was a child. She danced professionally first with the Mohawk > Valley Performing Arts Company in upstate NY and then at The Hartford Ballet > in Connecticut. Michelle holds an Associates of Arts in Education, a > Bachelor of Science degree in Dance Kinesiology, and a Masters of Fine Arts > degree in Dance Performance and Choreography. She is the 1997 NYDO Best > Chorography Winner and has received grant awards to produce her > choreography. Michelle's dance expertise includes Ballet, Pointe, Modern, > Latin and Standard Partner Dancing, and Cabaret (Partner Dancing with > Lifts). She has also developed a Pilates and Yoga based Stretch and > Strengthen Class designed to help dancers and other athletes achieve peak > performance levels.

Jacqueline Mears - Ballet Staff