Athena Andrade
Athena Andrade (born on January 29, 2004) is a dancer from Rhode Island. She started dancing at the age of six years old and took her first ballet class at 8. She started dance at Rising Stars Dance Academy where she learned Hip Hop, Jazz, Acrobatics, and Lyrical; but now she dances at High Steppin Dance Academy in Johnston and takes ballet at the prestigious Festival Ballet in Providence.
Athena is signed to McDonald Selznick Associates and has trained with professional choreographers such as Travis Wall, Chantel Aquirre, Mark Meismer, Jojo Gomez, Talia Favia, Victor Smalley, Angel Armas Teddy Forance, Jaci Royal, Comfort Fedoke, Misha Gabriel, Kenny Wormald, and Franciso Gella. Athena is mentored by Season 9 male winner of So You Think You Can Dance Chehon Wespi-Tschopp.
She has filmed two projects for Marvel including a commercial for Black Panther's collection with Hasbro and and the Avengers Infinity War collection with Hasbro as well. She has also filmed seven episodes for GooNoodle as a dancer.
Dances
Solos
Confident - Patrick Pullkrabek - 2017
- 1st Overall Junior solo - IN10SITY, Worcester
Possessed Doll - Acro - Angela Mendez Pontarelli - 2017
- 1st Overall Junior solo - KAR, Concord
- 1st Overall Junior solo - IN10SITY, Worcester
Tia's Dream - Patrick Pullkrabek - 2017
- 1st Overall Junior solo - IN10SITY, Worcester
- National Junior Miss America 2017
Never Enough - Lyrical - Michael Susten - 2018
- 2nd Overall Teen Solo- KAR, Lowell MA
- Teen Best Dancer- American Dance Awards
Inhibited - Contemporary - Angel Arias - 2018
- 1st Place Overall and Title Winner - Elite Dance Challenge
