Josie Andrews

Josie Andrews was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and she grew up in Haddon Heights, New Jersey. Josie began dancing almost before she could walk. At just twenty months, Josie toddled into her older sister's, Jackie's, dance class and started to tap. The teacher was so impressed that she had learned the routine, she let her stay in the class. When she was 4, Josie announced to her parents that she wanted to be a "real ballerina" that danced on stage in front of big audiences. After joining Jazz Unlimited, the National Ballet of New Jersey, and then the Rock School for Dance Education (children's ballet school associated with the PA Ballet in Philadelphia), by the age of 5 Josie had appeared in her first major ballet, The Nutcracker. Several additional productions of the Nutcracker, Coppelia, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella quickly followed. Josie still studies ballet and Pointe every chance that she gets and believes the discipline in dance keeps her focused in life.