AMI MATTISON

Jazz

Ami Mattison is a teacher, choreographer, and the artistic director of Mattidance Company. Originally from Michigan, Ami spent years training and teaching in New York City before relocating to Los Angeles.

In addition to teaching at EDGE, Ami also travels nationally teaching master classes at studios and universities like Broadways Dance Center, Loyola Marymount University, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Joffrey Academy of Dance. Ami teaches and sets choreography on many top competitive studios. She has won several Choreography Awards and trained top national soloists. Ami was an original member of collidE dance (Erica Michelle Sobol, artistic director) and was featured in several of collidE's evening length company shows. In 2014 she launched her contemporary jazz company, Mattidance, with a two sold out performances. Mattidance has since then performed at Los Angeles area festivals including Dance Resource Center's Home Grown, Pasadena Dance Festival and the So-Cal Dance Invitational.

For more information or to view videos of her work, visit www.amimattison.net

Picture and bio courtesy of the teacher.