Faculty
Dance
AMDA Faculty since: 2023
Melissa has worked in the LA commercial dance industry for many years. She performed on the AMA'S (Swizz Beatz, Chris Brown, Ludacris), Latin Grammy's, Armenian Music Awards, Miss USA Pageant, and the Mtv Movie Awards. Artists she has danced for include Post Malone, Little Boots, Lil Mama, Kirk Franklin, TATU, and Gloria Gaynor. She also danced on the hit tv shows Penny Dreadful, Perry Mason, 90210, and Carpool Karaoke. Melissa has choreographed industrials, commercials, music videos, and live shows. She has taught at TMilly, EDGE, Millennium, The C Spot, and Debbie Reynolds. Melissa is currently on faculty with Dupree Dance Convention. She has traveled internationally dancing and teaching throughout France, Italy, Spain, Japan, Korea, Mexico and Canada. Melissa was chosen as the first technical dance instructor and judge for World of Dance Panama (WOD), and most recently returned from her first time teaching at Jazz Dance World Congress in Brazil.