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 showcases she took part in, varying in styles from contemporary to jazz and lyrical. Angela has experience choreographing with children ages 2-18 in all styles of dance and her choreography has won many adjudicating and overall awards at various dance competitions.
Currently Angela resides in Brooklyn, NY where she is a full time dance teacher at Central Queens Academy where she choreographs and teaches various dance styles to 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 and member of Variety Pack Collective, Dance Works NYC, and various other dance projects around the city. Most recently she performed in the Anthology33 showcase, Spark Theater Festival, Spoke the Hub's Holiday Gala, and 303030 at Dixon Place. She also choreographed for the DanceWorks virtual show, and co-choreographed with her lovely co-choreographer Jessica Lewinson in seasons 18-23 of DWNYC.She has had her choreography selected to be featured inArtist After Hours' Emerging Artists Showcase in 2021 with Variety Pack Collective, for Spark Theater Festival, STH Holiday Gala, and Mark DeGarmo Dance 15th Anniversary Virtual Salon Performance Series. Angela plans to continue dancing in companies across New York and expand her love for performing, creating and teaching dance. She is so excited to debut her first DanceWorks live performance piece for season 24!