Courtney Ortiz

Courtney Ortiz, a native of Baltimore, MD is proud to be a YoungARTS award winner. Her professional dance and teaching career has allowed her to travel the world performing in places such as: Dubai, Canada, Mexico, Spain, Germany, Australia, and France. Her career spans from stage to screen with credits including: the 1st National Tour of Finding Neverland, Lin Manuel Miranda’s In The Heights, Company Member with The Chase Brock Experience, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular featuring The Rockettes and the first ever revival in 30 years of Jerome Robbins’ Broadway at The Muny’s 100th Season! You can also catch Courtney’s feet tap dancing in the hit FX series, Fosse/Verdon, where she was the dance double for Young Bob Fosse! One of her favorite and most memorable credits was performing original Jerome Robbins’ choreography throughout Europe on the International Tour of the classic musical West Side Story.

Outside of performing, Courtney has been an in-demand dance educator and adjudicator for over 10 years. She has taught for numerous dance conventions nationally and internationally sharing her love of dance with the world. Currently, Courtney is on faculty with REVEL Dance Convention where she has been teaching Jazz and Broadway Jazz since their very first season. She is on guest faculty at the legendary Steps on Broadway in New York City and also serves as the 2023 audition choreographer for RWS Entertainment Group where she travels worldwide to audition dancers for future opportunities on cruise ships. Courtney is the proud owner of Impact Dance Adjudicators and the host of their popular dance podcast Making The Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast. Follow her on Instagram @courtney.ortiz to stay up to date on when she’s teaching next and tune in to her podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!