Bio
Making her leap across the country based on a dream, Janet is now Bi-Coastal!! Now she’s going back and forth between the two entertainment capitols of the world, Los Angeles and New York.
Currently working with Atomic Entertainment, as a dancer, she just finished performing in their third season at Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, NY. Starting to gain more interest in the circus world, fire dancing and trapeze are becoming her new interests. Who says you can’t run away with the circus? Check us out at
After four years with the belly dance company, “Layla and the Lotus Dancers” in Los Angeles, she’s now performing with them in the Southern California area for a limited engagement prepping for their next big project launch. We opened for Amr Diab in Vegas at the MGM Grand in the Fall of 2010. Recently staged and performed with Faramarz Assef in Beverly Hills at the Saban Theater. She can be seen dancing in a Persian music video called, “Baba Karam” by Iman Sani. Within the world of belly dancing comes the additional fusions to her style, and gives her even more versatile flair!
Her first job in NY was working alongside the classic Gene Castle as his assistant choreographer, on “Love Divided By/ Times 3” written by Susan Charlotte. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/143034-Loni-Ackerman-to-Star-in-Love-Divided-By-Times-Three-Off-Broadway.
Prior to leaving Los Angeles in 2010 she completed her first musical, OKLAHOMA with MTLA, Musical Theater of Los Angeles! She played the role of Virginia directed by Robert Marra and choreographed by Tania Possick. She’s delighted to have spent her summer of 2010 with such an amazing cast!
She was one of the 2010 nominees for a RAW Artists’ performing artist of the year award , showcasing her choreography in Santa Monica and Hollywood. Creating a 40’s era of tap and musical theater jazz to an 80’s tribute to Xanadu and Fame!
She is currently the Choreographer for the “Maggy Keagan Variety Hour” is moving to make it’s East Coast Debut! The show has undergone some new changes and is better than ever! Having entertained the audiences on the Mainstage at iO (Improv Olympics- www.ioimprov.com/west) we’re saying farewell to LA to continue forward with many surprises in store! The MKVH is where my heart lies, in the sense that it’s 20’s to 50’s style dancing. From tap to musical theater style jazz, it oozes my passion for the golden years of Fred and Ginger.
She is taking on new aspirations to meet this year. In the pursuit of her goal to become a triple threat on Broadway, she takes a second to observe how far she’s come in such little time and pushes forward on the journey to success.
Janet Huey Personal Biography
Originally from Folsom, California, Janet grew up completely infatuated with dance and had a love of performing. She grew up dancing at “Off Broadway Dancing” in Folsom, California, a versatile dance company centered around the necessity of technique in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, hip hop, and performance. From the young age of ten she has had a hunger for making her own work come alive. By fifteen she was apprenticing her teachers to take on teaching her own classes. Within the following year she took the opportunities to teach various types of dance and choreograph pieces for recitals, competitions, and concerts. For children as young as four years old to adult she was able to share her passion and drive for life with them. Being able to be creative and design dances with real stories and meaning is the basis of her choreographing ideals.
She was then accepted to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy which opened up the possibilities for her Broadway dream. Recently she learned of her soprano voice and has a new love for singing and acting. Janet thrives on being a triple threat dancer, singer, and actress. She graduated from the Musical Theatre program at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in spring of 2008. Currently residing in New York City, she is continually pursuing her dreams and goals to becoming a Broadway starlette and a fierce choreographer.
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