Mandi Weitz is a dance performer, creator, and educator currently based in Dayton, Ohio. She is in her first season as a member of Dayton Contemporary Dance Company 2 and will be graduating from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) in Fall 2023 with a BFA in dance and a minor in nutrition. She trained with Dayton Ballet as a second company member from 2014-2020, performing professional roles in Karen Russo Burke’s The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty: The Story of Briar Rose, and Dracula: Bloodlines. While there, she received the Walter J. McCaslin Award and the Dancer Peer award. She has taught at Mutual Dance Theater in Cincinnati, OH, and is currently back at Dayton Ballet as a ballet and modern instructor.

 

Mandi has attended the GagaLab Winter Intensive in New York City, Cincinnati Ballet’s Collegiate Intensive, and the American Dance Festival Summer Dance Intensive as a scholarship recipient. She also traveled to Panama City, Panama, as a dance diplomat in Summer 2022 with Movement Exchange, a non-profit organization that provides arts education to underserved communities nationally and internationally.

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Mandi has choreographed several concert works for CCM, American Dance Festival, and Dayton’s Art in the City, as well as musical theater productions for Carroll High School and Springboro Community Theater. She has also choreographed for film projects and community engagement performances. In January 2022, she was invited by CCM director, Shauna Steele, to be a choreographer’s assistant for a week-long residency at Central Utah Ballet. Mandi enjoys exploration, collaboration, and storytelling as important parts of the choreographic process. She believes in a holistic approach to dance, pursuing proficiency in a variety of dance styles and putting equal emphasis on individual artistic expression. She hopes to find new ways to push artistic boundaries throughout her career and beyond.