Mandi Weitz is a dance performer, creator, and educator currently based in Dayton, Ohio. She held a position with Dayton Contemporary Dance Company 2 from 2023-2024, where she performed works by Shonna Hickman-Mattlock, Kevin Ward, Crystal Michelle Perkins, Countess Winfrey, and others. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) in December 2023 with her BFA in dance and a minor in dietetics. She trained with Dayton Ballet as a second company member from 2014-2020, performing several professional roles under Karen Russo Burke. While there, she received the Walter J. McCaslin Award and the Dancer Peer award. She has taught for Dayton Live Academy, Dayton Ballet, and Mutual Dance Theater.

 

Mandi has attended the the American Dance Festival Summer Dance Intensive as a scholarship recipient, Cincinnati Ballet’s Collegiate Intensive, Summer and Winter Traction at Attack Theater, GagaLab Winter Intensive in New York City, and Mutual Dance Theater's Adult Intensive. She traveled to Panama City, Panama, as a dance diplomat in 2022 and again as an alumni leader in 2024 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 Synergy Dance Series, CCM, American Dance Festival, and Dayton’s Art in the City, as well as musical theater productions for Dayton Live Academy, 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.