02/25/2025
😎 Introducing Miss Tori!
Miss Tori joined our team officially this season, but has been a part of our studio for much longer initially starting out as a valued substitute in previous years. This season, Miss Tori teaches Jazz, Lyrical, Hip Hop, and Ballet classes on Mondays and Thursdays. There are lots of things we love about Miss Tori, one of those things being her beautifully detailed and dynamic choreography!✨
📖 Keep reading to learn more about Miss Tori:
Tori Mattie is from North Haven, CT and has been dancing since the age of five. She grew up dancing at Wendy’s School of Dance where she trained in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, hip hop, and musical theater. In 2017, she toured with DanZa Competition and Intensive as a member of the Z-Crew, assisting classes in various styles with faculty members such as Jaclyn Walsh, Bill DeRicco, Sarah Jo Fazio, and Angie Sellers. Tori then attended Wheaton College in Massachusetts where she earned her BA in Theater and Dance Studies as well as a BA in English. There, Tori joined the Wheaton College Dance Company under the direction of Cheryl Mrozowski and instruction of Andy Taylor-Blenis and Leticia Guerrero. During her senior year, Tori danced in Wheaton’s revival of “The Game,” originally choreographed by Diane Arvanites and reset by Andy Taylor-Blenis. Tori was also a member of Wheaton’s tap dance group, Tap Out Loud, and served as Co-Captain of both Tap Out Loud and the Dance Company. Throughout her college dance career, Tori had many opportunities to choreograph in different styles of dance, and since graduating in 2022 she has been invited back several times as a guest choreographer. Tori currently dances with Garet&Co, a professional contemporary dance company based in the Hartford area.