Andrew grew up in Durban and swam competitively at provincial and national levels and trained karate and aikido, during his school years. He began working in the theatre from the age of fifteen (1982), starting ballet training while studying for his bachelor-of-arts and bachelor-of-laws degrees (1985 to 1989). After graduating from law school, he received full-time professional vocational training in classical ballet, contemporary and jazz dance techniques (University of Cape Town’s School of Dance, 1990 to 1992).

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In 1992, Andrew joined the NAPAC Dance Company (which later became the Playhouse Dance Company under the Artistic Directorship of Mark Hawkins) where he was fortunate to dance a very wide range of ensemble, soloist and principal roles in both repertory and new dance works and to create his own original choreography.

Andrew's personal performance repertoire includes Oberon and Lysander ("Mid-Summer Night's Dream", choreography by Mark Hawkins), Second Movement pas de deux and Death (Jean-Paul Comelin's "Le Nuits d'Eté"), Harlequinade Pas de Quarte (set by Dianne Richards after Anton Dolin), Summer Day pas de deux (choreography by Jack Carter), Cain in "Cage of God" (choreography by Jack Carter), Franz (Coppelia, third act, set by Dianne Richards after Ashley Killar), Le Corsaire, Don Quixote and White Swan pas de deux (Swan Lake, Act 2, set by Dianne Richards), Waltz of the Flowers (pas de deux from Nutcracker, after Ashely Killar set by Anne Layfield), Shostakovich Pas de Deux (choreography by Rajmund Nirewicz, set by Mark Hawkins), and "Brother Brother" (male pas de deux) and "Still", both by Boyzie Cekwana.

Andrew choreographed the operas "Carmen" in 1996 (being extremely lucky to work with Sibongile Khumalo in the role of Carmen and Sibongile Ngoma in the role of Micaela) and "The Magic Flute", and he has directed and choreographed musicals for schools such as "Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat", "Oklahoma" and "Guys and Dolls". 

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In 1997, Andrew left South Africa to continue his dance career in Turkey, before returning to perform in the Fantastic Flying Fish Dance Company’s inaugural season, entitled "Triptych" (September 1998). Andrew lived and worked in Cape Town between late 1998 and early 2003, taking the opportunity to direct and choreograph high school musicals and to teach classic ballet technique classes (including for Jazzart Dance Theatre), while completing his legal master’s degree and qualifying as an attorney.

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In 2003, Andrew relocated to Johannesburg to work in the legal profession and to teach classic ballet technique at the Dance Factory and for various local dance companies. Andrew also assisted in the establishment of the South African International Ballet Competition for which he has been Chair and Co-Chair of the Board since 2008. Between 1998 and 2014, Andrew regularly reviewed theatre and dance productions and wrote about dance and dance-related issues for the Turkish Daily News (out of Istanbul), Dance Europe (out of London), and the Mail and Guardian, the Cape Times, The Star, New Day and the Financial Mail (back in South Africa).

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During his dance career, Andrew is supremely lucky to have been taught by some of the most important South African ballet masters, including Dudley Tomlinson, Dianne Richards, Elizabeth Triegaardt and Dudley von Loggenburg. Andrew relies on the knowledge he received from these and other local and international luminaries when he teaches our open ballet classes and classical technique to the renowned Flatfoot Dance Company.

For a more detailed biography, please click here. In his other life Andrew runs a climate change legal consultancy (see, www.climatelegal.co.za)

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