Michelle “Chellie Fig” Figuierdo graduated magna cum laude from Rider University with a B.S. in Behavioral Neuroscience, B.A. in Dance Performance, and a certificate in leadership. Throughout college, she was a member of the National Honor Society for Dance Arts and trained with American Repertory Ballet at the Princeton Ballet School. Michelle is a former four-year veteran and two-year captain of the NBA’s Sixers Dancers. While representing the Sixers Dancers, she has performed internationally across China on an NBA China Tour (4x). She danced on the NBA All Star Dance Team held in New Orleans, Louisiana (2014) and the NBA All Star Game in New York City (2015). She has also appeared on local television channels, radio stations, and performed back-up for various artists. Chellie is also an accomplished dance adjudicator and instructor. She is on faculty with Impact Dance Adjudicators & ELEVATE Dance. She teaches at Koresh School of Dance along with Dance Arts Conservatory. Chellie completed a teaching tour in Germany and had the opportunity to choreograph for Liberty Dance Team. Currently, she is a versatile, freelance dance artist based out of Philly, dancing with AJ Harper Dance Project and separately under Melissa Rector.
Learn more about Chellie at chelliefig.com and follow her at @chelliefig on Instagram.
