Courtney Ortiz is a professional dancer, educator, choreographer, adjudicator and proud YoungARTS award winner based in New York City. Her professional dance and teaching career has allowed her to travel the world performing in places such as: Dubai, Brazil, England, Poland, Canada, Mexico, Spain, Germany, Australia, and France. Her career spans from stage to screen with credits including: the Broadway National Tour of Finding Neverland, Lin Manuel Miranda’s<...read more
Courtney Ortiz is a professional dancer, educator, choreographer, adjudicator and proud YoungARTS award winner based in New York City. Her professional dance and teaching career has allowed her to travel the world performing in places such as: Dubai, Brazil, England, Poland, Canada, Mexico, Spain, Germany, Australia, and France. Her career spans from stage to screen with credits including: the Broadway National Tour of Finding Neverland, Lin Manuel Miranda’s In The Heights, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular featuring The Rockettes, and the first ever revival in 30 years of Jerome Robbins’ Broadway performed at The Muny and Theater Under the Stars! You can also catch Courtney’s feet tap dancing in the hit FX series, Fosse/Verdon, where she was the dance double for Young Bob Fosse! One of her favorite and most memorable credits was performing original Jerome Robbins’ choreography throughout Europe on the International Tour of the classic musical West Side Story. Throughout her time in the professional dance industry she has worked with and learned from legendary choreographers like Cynthia Onrubia, Chase Brock, Christopher Gattelli, Michael Balderrama, Joey McKneely, Lorin Latarro, Jon Rua, Susan Misner, Parker Esse, Chris Bailey, Luis Salgado, Josh Bergasse and many more.
Outside of performing, Courtney is an international dance educator and in-demand dance adjudicator. She has been teaching on numerous dance conventions for the last decade and is the current Jazz Faculty with Streetz Dance Convention. Recently, Courtney was invited to teach at the 16th Annual Congresso de Jazz Dance held in São Paulo, Brazil. She also serves as the Audition Choreographer with RWS Global where she travels the world auditioning dancers for future opportunities on cruise ships and is the proud owner of Impact Dance Adjudicators and the host of their popular dance podcast Making The Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast.
Courtney's Jazz class focuses on style, technique, musicality and dynamics. Class always begins with a full 30-minute warm up incorporating cardio, strength training and dynamic stretches. Her across the floor progressions challenge dancers with weight transfers, directional changes, and grounded travel. Finally, class will end with a stylized combo to a fun jazzy jam! Check out a glimpse into Courtney's classes on her Instagram and follow her to stay up to date on when she is teaching next! @courtney.ortiz
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