Andrea Cody
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Andrea Cody

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Andrea grew up in Houston's Memorial area and has enjoyed dancing her entire life. She trained in her youth at Houston Ballet Academy and developed a passion for social dancing as a teenager. When she was in high school at St. John's School, she founded and directed the school's Social Dancing Society. In 1997, she was a founding member and instructor for the Houston Swing Dance Society, for which she also served as Vice President. In 1999, she placed first in the city and tenth in the nation for swing dancing at the American Lindy Hop Championships. In 2003, she became the Founder and Director of Dance Houston, a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization that produces performances and provides summer camps for kids. She also began Wedding Dance Houston, a program of Dance Houston that helps fund scholarships for talented, passionate young dancers to receive world-class dance training.

Andrea earned a Bachelor's with honors from University of Chicago where she designed a unique degree program studying dance history, theory, choreography, and music. Her choreography has been commissioned by the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, University of Houston, Houston Metropolitan Dance Company, Dance of Asian America, and City Dance Company. She is a guest lecturer for the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and she has taught dance for Texas Children's Centers for Women and Children, Project Row Houses, Texas Southern University, Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center, Arts Alive!, and the Texas Dance Educator’s Association. She is the author of To Have & To Hold: A Bride and Groom's Guide for Their First Dance. She produced the film The Nutcracker Party available on Prime Video with an original motion picture soundtrack on all music platforms. She was the host of DanceTalks, a podcast interviewing fellow dance professionals.

As the Director of Wedding Dance Houston, Andrea shares her knowledge of choreography and her love of social dancing with engaged couples and their loved ones, while also creating precious memories for them.
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