Melissa Sandvig

Well known for her performances at Season 5 of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, ballet trained, Melissa Sandvig, was a resident artist for Milwaukee Ballet.  She also traveled and performed with Los Angeles Classical Ballet, performing her principal role in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.   At age 15 she won 2nd place in the Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Awards for Classical Dance. Now Melissa is a freelance performer in the Los Angeles area performing with companies such as the Sacramento Ballet, Helios Dance Theater, Luminario Ballet, Los Angeles Chamber Ballet, The Los Angeles Opera, Body Traffic and Motion Tribe.  Melissa is one of few dancers privileged to perform Marie de la Palme’s aerial piece “Le Coure Illumine”.  Melissa is a finalist in Season 5 of “So You Think You Can Dance” and was the first classically trained ballerina ever on the show.  She has also made an appearance as a ballerina on the hit show “Glee” “Dancing with the Stars”, “America’s Got Talent”, “Greys Anatomy”,“Hart of Dixie”, “Bunheads”, and continues to pursue acting with an appearance on “The Young and the Restless”. Melissa has also work with Cirque du Soleil creating a new show. She is well know for making ballet current by setting class and ballet choreography to pop/hit music that the dancers can relate to.