About Andrea
Andrea Matei (she/her) is a GTA-based pre-professional dance artist, emerging choreographer, and multidisciplinary performer working across stage, film, television, and commercial movement. With extensive training in contemporary, jazz, tap, ballet, hip-hop, and street styles, she brings a high level of versatility, musicality, and performance depth to both artistic and commercial environments.
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Over the last decade, Andrea has performed across both competitive and pre-professional platforms, with experience spanning live stage productions, showcases, film, television, and music video projects. Her performance credits include work with professional companies such as Artists in Motion under the direction of Shameeka Blake, Toronto International Ballet Theatre under the direction of Tatiana Stepanova, and NLC Dance Company under the direction of Nicole Clinton-Schumacher, including their debut production Inhale. She has also appeared in multiple live showcases with The Clique Dance Crew, including 1234 DanceArts Showcase, Fever After Dark, and Unite Showcase. In addition to her company work, Andrea has trained and performed extensively within the competitive circuit with leading studios such as Vlad’s Dance Company, Canadian Dance Unit, and The Dance Connection. Through these diverse performance opportunities, she has developed strong ensemble awareness, stage presence, and adaptability across a wide range of performance environments.​
In hip-hop and street styles, Andrea has trained with Footnotes Academy and has performed as part of The Renegades (Junior Crew), The Clique, and IE Crew, developing a strong foundation in hip-hop, locking, popping, afro, house, and commercial performance, as well as team-based choreography.
Andrea further supplements her formal training through regular drop-in classes and pop-up sessions across the Greater Toronto Area, working with leading North American choreographers including Derek Robinson, Hollywood Jade, Leon Blackwood, Paul Mula, Shane Tubog, Tatiana Parker, Matthew Dumalagan, and Michael Trey, to name a few. In addition, Andrea actively participates in summer and fall intensives and conventions such as SOL Dance Collective, Ignite Dance Convention, and Nexxus Dance Challenge, where she has also taken on assistant roles, gaining valuable experience in both training and professional environments.​
Her on-camera experience includes several appearances in television productions such as Fear Thy Neighbour, as well as performances in music and film projects including Mute Sounds’ Rise music video, Impetuous Movement’s Season 3 dance film series Here Comes the Rain Again, Boss Dance’s Half Time dance video, and multiple short films with With Grace Productions. She has also expanded her creative work into producing and starring in her own mini web dance series, Little Girl, Big Imagination, further developing her voice as both a performer and storyteller for camera. These experiences have strengthened her ability to translate movement for screen, combining performance nuance with cinematic awareness.
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In addition to performing, Andrea is an emerging choreographer and creative, developing original contemporary works that have been presented at regional and national competitions across North America. Her choreography reflects a strong narrative sensibility, blending technical precision with emotional expression and storytelling through movement.
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Driven by a commitment to growth and artistic exploration, Andrea continues to train, perform, and create within both commercial and contemporary spaces, establishing herself as a versatile and evolving voice in the next generation of dance artists.
