Amy Anderson has been a professional dancer in Denver, Colorado, over 25 years. She was trained at Colorado Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet (all on scholarship). Amy also trained extensively throughout Europe. She has performed with Pacific Northwest Ballet, as a soloist with Colorado Ballet, and a principal dancer with David Taylor Dance Theatre.
Amy has a Bachelor’s Degree in dance from Loretto Heights College and has been a dance instructor for 30 years.
After a serious dance-related injury in 1990, Amy began her studies as a Pilates Instructor with an emphasis on dance medicine and rehabilitation, the method in which she was rehabilitated herself. She became certified by St. Francis Hospital in San Francisco in 1991 and worked in this field as a member of Healthsouth (formerly Englewood Physical Therapy). In 1996, she moved to Colorado Center for Physical Therapy where she worked as a Dance Medicine specialist in chronic pain (for 13 years).
She started her private practice, Engage Movement Arts in 2008 which she continues today as well as working on the medical team at Colorado Ballet.