Dr. Andrea Markus (Ed.D., M.A., B.A.) is a dance artist, educator, and scholar who received her Doctor of Education degree in Dance Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She received her MA in Dance Education from New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.
Andrea studied dance at NY Theatre Ballet School, Ithaca College, Dance New Amsterdam, and The Limon Institute. She has traveled to Guinea, West Africa, to study dance and drumming with members of the national companies Les Ballets Africains de Guinea and Ballet Djoliba. Andrea has performed with the Alpha Omega 1-7 Theatrical Dance Company, performing dance works by George Faison, Eleo Pomare, and more. She has taught dance to students in grades PK-12 as a teaching artist for ArtsConnection, New York City Ballet, The Alvin Ailey Arts in Education and Community Programs, Misty Copeland Foundation’s BEBOLD Program, and Dancewave. She is currently a faculty member of New York University’s Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, Marymount Manhattan College’s Department of Dance, CUNY Bronx Community College’s Department of Education and Academic Literacy, and CUNY Hunter College’s Department of Dance.
With an ethos of care, Andrea believes in the transformative power of dance education to engage, educate, uplift, and bring #JOY to students.