Mandy Montanez

Mandy began dancing at the age of 11 and since has trained under scholarship at some of the best dance schools in the USA, to include; Broadway Dance Centre, Steps on Broadway, Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago and The Edge. Mandy gained a BA in dance from Point Park Conservatory for the Performing Arts in Pittsburgh in 2000. Mandy has worked on a number of Feature films including ensemble cast of Disney's new film "Beauty and The Beast" to be release in 2017, assistant choreographer on Worlds End staring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, featured dancer in "Walking on Sunshine", New Feature Film "Legend" Staring Tom Hardy. Mandy has made a number of TV appearances, including: Semi finalist on "So You Think You Can Dance" BBC1; "The BRIT Awards", "Peaky Blinders", "Pineapple Dance Studios"; "Mr Selfridge" ,"The X Factor"; "Lets Dance For Comic Relief", "The Alan Titchmarsh show" and the "National Television Awards" to name a few. Mandy has danced with Florence and The Machine, Rhianna, The Rolling Stones, Will I am, Coldplay has appeared in a number of adverts including, Puma, Mcdonads; The Trainline, Sanex; and Orangina. Mandy has Choreographed for Taylor Lautner in Series 2 of Cuckoo, the housemates of Big Brother and the Leicester Square and Vue cinema of the Premieres of "Walking on Sunshine" In addition to dancing and choreographing Mandy is a highly sought after teacher and teaches all over the world including Spain, Russia, USA, Poland, and currently teaches at Pineapple dance studios. Mandy is also the founder of the UK's premiere dance competition Destination Dance.