Andrew Mikhaiel

Andrew Mikhaiel, originally from Mississauga, Ontario, is a professional dancer and the Artistic Coordinator at BJM – Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal and has been touring nationally and internationally with the company since 2017. He earned a BFA with a concentration in ballet at Marymount Manhattan College, under the direction of Katie Langan in 2017. He has danced in works choreographed by Andonis Foniadakis, Ihsan Rustem, Barak Marshall, Itzik Galili, Paul Taylor, Aszure Barton, Alexandra Damiani, Larry Keigwin, and Jo Str ømgren just to name a few.

He attended Springboard Danse Montreal in the summer of 2016. Andrew is a member of the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) Honor Society, as well as the British Association of Teachers of Dancing (B.A.T.D) certification in teaching acrobatics. He is also a faculty member for Northern Movement – The Acro Convention, and most recently taught at NYCDA’s Winter Contemporary Intensive.

While in NYC, Andrew directed and organized a dance outreach program for NYC public schools, serving 240 3rd-5th graders. He has over 10 years of teaching and choreographing experience and has taught at schools and studios across the United States, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Brazil and Italy. Andrew enjoys working with dancers of all ages and abilities to help strengthen their technique, deepen their artistry, and fuel their passion for dance.