Originally from sunny San Diego, Drea graduated from Chapman University cum laude with a BFA in Dance Performance under the guidance of Cyrus Parker-Jeanette, where she had numerous performance and choreographic opportunities. Since, Drea has had the pleasure to perform with various Southern California companies including Sean Greene Dance Company (now Gallimaufry and Greene), Collage Dance Theatre, Malashock Dance, Backhausdance, San Diego Dance Theater, L.A. Contemporary Dance Company, and kDub Dance. She has performed in venues throughout California, New York City, and Zurich, Switzerland. Her choreography has been featured in festivals including American College Dance Festival 2005, Palm Desert’s McCallum Theatre Choreography Festival, SOLA Contemporary Dance Festival, and South Coast Dance Arts Festival. In 2009, Drea was honored by the Dance Resource Center with a Lester Horton Award for Outstanding Achievement in Performance by a Female for her performance in Arrive with Backhausdance, and received her second award in 2011 for her performance in Gods and Marionettes with LACDC. Drea is a certified Pilates instructor and is thrilled to be dancing with LACDC, where she is submerged among fabulous people, dancers, friends and artists. She also wants 2 kittens. But in the mean time, she busies herself and others with an astronomical amount of home videos of kittens on the internet.
