Trench, Andrea

Andrea Trench is dedicated to helping dance teachers create and deliver content that is research-based and developmentally appropriate. Her primary focus is classroom management, conceptual teaching, and foundational movement skill development in early childhood dance education. In addition, Andrea uses her 12 years of experience as a partner in a dance studio to inspire, equip, and empower educators.

Andrea’s teaching career began in 1998. While receiving a B.F.A. in dance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, she met dance educator, Kate Kuper. It was her class and mentorship that led to the creation of Discover Dance, an online educational platform for dance educators. After over a decade of teaching, refining, and evolving, Discover Dance launched in 2017. Since the launch, Andrea has presented at events sponsored by Revolution Dancewear, Misty Lown, Rhee Gold, Toronto Dance Teacher’s Expo, Chicago National Association of Dance Masters, and Dance Masters of Wisconsin. She has contributed to Dance Studio Life Magazine, Dance Ed Tips, Rhythm Works Integrative Dance, DanceStudioOwner.com, and is a current contributor to Rhee Gold’s DanceLife Blog. She hosts the Discover Dance podcast and is the creator of the Foundations Course for Early Childhood Dance Educators.

Andrea is known for her energetic teaching approach, desire to ask and answer tough questions, and passion to advocate the importance of dance in every child’s life. Through Andrea’s tested structural classroom frameworks, creative teaching approach, and passion to improve the quality of early childhood dance programs, educators learn how to effectively teach inside the studio and how to share the “why we do what we do” outside of the studio with clarity and confidence.