Andrea Beckham

Andrea Beckham is a choreographer, dancer, and educator. Her choreography has been presented since 1989 in Texas, New York, the Arts on the Hill Festival in Wyoming, the Avignon-Off Festival in France, the Cyprus International Festival, Taiwan, several small venues around Europe, including the Young Tanzsommer tour in Austria in 2004, and her collaborations with Yacov Sharir in Holland, Portugal and China. With deep roots in Texas, Andrea has maintained an ongoing relationship with the Sharir Dance Company (now Sharir + Bustamante Danceworks) since 1983, first as a dancer, and now as a guest artist and choreographer. She has also performed with Llory Wilson's Tallulah Dance Company in Seattle, New York, and Jacob's Pillow, Massachusetts, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company in New York, and John Mead & Company in Tokyo, Japan, among many others. Andrea was an award winner with frequent partner Heywood "Woody" McGriff in the choreography of Yacov Sharir in Tel Aviv, Israel. She performed and taught for Ballet Austin in international festivals in Limmasol and Nicosia, Cyprus 1996-97, and has choreographed and taught for American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive Workshops for three years. Andrea is currently teaching in both the Theatre and Dance areas at the University of Texas at Austin (USA), as well as running the Pilates-evolved Movement and Physical Conditioning Laboratory there, and (always) working on collaborative projects with her own pick-up company, Andrea Beckham Collaborative Dance.