Melinda Matticoli (She/Her/Hers) is an award-winning dancer, choreographer, educator, director, and filmmaker. Originally from Skillman, New Jersey, Melinda began her professional creative career at the young age of 16.

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Melinda began her dance training at the age of 3 at Broadway Dance Center's Children and Teens program on the Jamison Novello Scholarship. In her professional career, she has performed with The Verdon Fosse Legacy, performing in the iconic number "Who's Got the Pain?" from Damn Yankees. Melinda has worked with creators including Parth Sethi, Steven Blandino, Kevin Jenkins, Aspen Waddell, and Nicole Fosse, among others.

 

As a choreographer and founding member of the Choreographer's Guild, Melinda is greatly inspired by music and the dynamics between pitches and instrumentation. She has presented work at Choreographers Carnival, Club Jeté, Sybarite Love is Love, Club NYC, and many other notable and Off-Broadway venues. She can be seen as a choreographer for World of Dance, music videos with Cold Weather Company, and has worked with brands including Peerspace, Goldfish, and 8Greens. As a director, Melinda focuses on creating fluid movement and seamless transitions between scenes to create a seamless visual experience. Combining her extensive experience in film and dance, creating movement of the human body and camera that works naturally and intriguingly. Melinda's work on film has been presented at film festivals including Dance Films, New York International Film Awards, and commissioned by Dance Canvas.

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Melinda's passion for teaching has allowed her to teach at countless studios across the world. She currently guest teaches at T Milly, Movement Lifestyle, Soul de Soul Dance Convention, Genesis Studios, Lume Dance Training, University of Pennsylvania, and is on the screening committee for Dance Camera West. As a DEEA-certified educator, Melinda hopes to share her passion for dance to help uplift and inspire others in an uplifting and collaborative space.