Angela Weigel graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in May 2019. There, Angela received the Friends of Dance Research Award for her senior thesis research and presented her research findings in the "5 College Dance Symposium". While at Umass Angela was also vice president of the Umass Dance company where she choreographed for each of the showcases she took part in, varying in styles from contemporary to jazz and lyrical. Angela has experience choreographing with children ages 2-18 in all styles of dance and her choreography has won many adjudicating and overall awards at various dance competitions.

Currently Angela resides in Brooklyn, NY where she is a full time dance teacher at Central Queens Academy.  She choreographs and teaches various dance styles to grades K-1 and culminates her work in a winter and spring showcase each year. She received her masters degree in teaching from Relay Graduate school of Education in June 2021. When she isnt dance teaching, she is an active dancer for Variety Pack Collective, DanceWorks NYC, Unbound Dance Collective, Breath Dance Project and various dance projects around the city. She has had her choreography selected for Artist After Hours' Emerging Artists Showcase in 2021 with Variety Pack Collective, Continuum Dance Company's Film Series, Spark Theater Festival, STH Holiday Gala,  Mark DeGarmo Dance 15th Anniversary Virtual Salon Performance Series, and seasons 17-25 of DanceWorks! (Seasons 18-23 with her co-choreographer Jessica Lewinson). Angela plans to continue dancing in companies across New York and expand her love for performing, creating and teaching dance. She is beyond honored to present "Welcome to the Playground" in DanceWorks' Season 25 Show!