Andrea Smillie started dancing at age eight, after her younger and braver sister had tried it out for two years. Her love of ballet was immediate and kept her busy and out of trouble... more or less. She attended dance summer schools at Mount Allison University, George Brown College, Ryerson and Banff School of Fine Arts. After finishing high school she left for the big lights of TO. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance from York University where she studied ballet, modern, and jazz. Andrea recently rekindled her love affair with dance and much to the horror of her three teenage children is thrilled to be ‘‘dancing out loud’’ again, while continuing her life long habit of dancing around the living room.