Amanda Pierce is a native Californian where she trained in dance since the age of three. Amanda now resides in New York City. For the past eight years she has been the Tap and Competition Director for the national dance convention NRG Dance Project, NRG Australia, and represents NRG at the Australian Dance Festival. Amanda developed her very own ElectroTap Scholarship program for NRG tappers. She currently performs at Madison Square Garden with the Knicks City Dancers. You may have seen her performing at the Super Bowl, as well as with Lenny Kravitz, Lee Ann Womack, Green Day, Constantine Maroulis, and the Duke Ellington Orchestra. She was a NFL Cheerleader for the NY Jets for five years, appeared in the team’s swimsuit calendar, and has since choreographed for the Jets Cheerleaders Show Team. Amanda is currently the regional leader for Going Pro Sports Entertainment. Both the Oakland Tribune and KRON TV dubbed her the “Queen of Tap” after she won the solo Tap Title at the World Cup Dance Championships in Italy. In 2016, Amanda was selected Miss Hoboken USA and was a finalist in the Miss New Jersey USA pageant. Her credits include: Television – The TODAY Show, Mornings on Fox, So You Think You Can Dance, CBS This Morning, The O’Reilly Factor, Fox and Friends, The Dr. Oz Show, NFL Draft Radio City, Madden NFL 12 Premiere, Celebrity Beach Bowl, Fox Business News, Good Morning New York, KRON Weekends, Jets Nation, and a KGO Talk Radio interview. In Mexico City, she did numerous interviews and performances on Telemundo, Fox Sports, TV Azteca, and Sky TV. Theater – Award winning recipient for her tap roles in We’ll Take Manhattan and Rodgers and Hammerstein...with Hart. Other credits include A Chorus Line (Bebe), Beat It Down, We’ll Take Manhattan...Again, and Cabaret in Concert. She was featured in An Evening with Tai and Randy with Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner and toured Europe with the American Dance Company as the premier tap dancer. She was also a soloist at the renowned Duke Theater in Times Square in the Broadway Dance Showcase. Commercials – SYTYCD Promo, Post Cereals, Beach Body: Brazil Butt Lift, Kraft Foods. She’s been seen several times in Dance Spirit, Dancer, and Sports Illustrated magazines, as well as interviewed and highlighted in a cover story about NRG by Dance Informa. Print Ads - NFL Game Day, Capezio, Traditional Home, Bon Appetit, Metropolitan Home, and The Décor. Amanda is an alumna of Hofstra University where she attended on a dance scholarship. As one of the tap world’s dynamic choreographers, Amanda enjoys pushing the envelope to inspire and motivate dancers.
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