Amanda Summers
Amanda is originally from Baltimore, Maryland where she trained at the Mid- Atlantic Center for the Performing Arts. She went on to graduate Summa Cum Laude with a BFA from Point Park University’s Conservatory Dance Program. While at Point Park, Amanda had the pleasure of performing classical works by George Balanchine, Marius Petipa, Gerald Arpino, Val Caniparoli, Patrick Frantz, Nicolas Petrov, and Peter Merz, in addition to more contemporary works by Kiesha Lalama, Christopher Huggins, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Kristofer Storey, and Garfield Lemonius. She has attended summer programs at Boston Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago twice. Most recently, she has been performing with Texture Contemporary Ballet in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. With Texture Ballet, she has performed repertoire by artistic director Alan Obuzor, Kelsey Bartman, and Gabriel Gaffney Smith and has had the opportunity to perform at the Jacob’s Pillow Inside/ Out Festival, as well as White Wave’s DUMBO Festival. (Photo by EPS)