Amy Ruggiero

Acting

Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

Amy Ruggiero graduated from Goucher College with a BA in Dance with Biological Sciences. She is currently an Assistant Choreographer, Dance Captain and Swing for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular’s Ensemble. Amy got her start in the world of concert dance, performing with Ballet Austin, American Repertory Ballet, Twyla Tharp Dance and the Metropolitan Opera. This evolved into a career in musical theatre, some favorite credits including: Carousel (Broadway), the 1st National/Japan Tour of Come Fly Away, Little Dancer (Kennedy Center), American Dance Machine for the 21st Century (Joyce Theatre) and Marie, Dancing Still (The 5th Avenue Theatre). Amy can also be seen on film and TV, most recently in the Netflix limited series Halston as well as the upcoming second season of Feud for FX. She has danced in commercial campaigns for Kate Spade and Under Armour. Amy was on faculty at the Princeton Ballet School and Lackawanna PAC during her time at American Repertory Ballet. She currently gives master classes in ballet, contemporary dance, musical theatre and anatomy for dancers at studios around the country. She enjoys teaching for Dance Device Lab and DEViATE, which has included leading the ballet classes and concert dance audition labs for DEViATE’s The Process convention series.