Miss Andrea Baker

Andrea earned a Masters of Science degree in Kinesiology from A.T. Still University where she studied as a strength and conditioning specialist. She also holds a BA in Dance and French from the Pennsylvania State University where she performed as a member of the Orchesis Dance Company. She is a current member of the International Association for Dance Science and Medicine and previously completed 2 certification sessions of Zena Rommett Floorbarre®. She has appeared in 2regiona  television commercials and the Curtain Call Costume Catalogue. She has been practicing pilates-based exercises for 30 years and utilizes this knowledge in her teaching.  She is a certified Level 1 Progressing Ballet Technique teacher.

Andrea grew up dancing at the School of Music and Dance in Hanover, PA and performed there with the Nebula Performing Company. She also studied ballet at the Pennsylvania Ballet in Philadelphia, the School of American Ballet (SAB) in NYC, the Governor’s School for the Arts in Erie, and at Steps in NYC. She attended Shenandoah University’s Master of Dance Performance program where she studied Dance Performance and was a member of the Conservatory’s Dance Ensemble.

Andrea has held the title of New York City Dance Alliance’s Capezio Dancer of the Year under Joe Lanteri and the Miss Central Pennsylvania crown. Both included scholarship awards and she had the opportunity to perform at the Miss PA pageant. Andrea has also been a judge for the Miss America pageant organization. She previously assisted Marcea Lane (who was in Michael Jackson’s Thriller video) as Marcea’s assistant at Joe Tremaine Dance Conventions. While living in Philadelphia, Andrea performed with and was a member of the modern dance company TIDE. She also choreographed and performed as a member of the La Vie Dansante dance company.

Andrea enjoys spending time with her family, going to the beach, reading evidence-based dance articles from the IADMS journal, playing with her cats Sassafras and Moonshadow and gardening. Andrea endeavors to share her passion for dance through teaching. She has been teaching for 28 years.