Angela Weigel
Angela Weigel graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in May 2019. There, Angela received the Friends of Dance Research Award for her senior thesis research and presented her research findings in the "5 College Dance Symposium". While at Umass Angela was also vice president of the Umass Dance company where she choreographed for each of the 8 showcases she took part in, varying in styles from contemporary to jazz and lyrical. Angela has experience choreographing at dance studios with children and adults in all styles of dance and her choreography has won many adjudicating and overall awards at various dance competitions. She continues to choreograph competitive solos for her home studio in Massachusetts, Erica's Dance Academy.
Currently, Angela resides in Brooklyn, NY where she is a full time dance teacher in a public school for grades K-1. She received her masters degree in teaching from Relay Graduate school of Education in June 2021 and she is an active dancer, choreographer and member of Variety Pack Collective, DanceWorks NYC, and various projects around the city. Most recently she performed in Young Choreographer's Festival at Symphony Space, Spark Theater Festival at TaDa theater, and New Wave Dance Festival at Ailey Citigroup Theater. Her choreography has been seen at shows such as Spark Theater Festival, Artist After Hours at Arts on Site, and Anita's Way in Times Square. Angela plans to continue dancing in companies across New York and expand her love for performing, creating and teaching dance. She is so excited and honored to be choreographing alongside Jessica Lewinson for their 6th season of DWNYC!