09/09/2026
We are thrilled to officially welcome Sydney Burtis to the Project Dance faculty! We’re so excited for our dancers to learn from her, be inspired by her, and experience everything she brings to the studio. Welcome to the PD family, Miss Sydney! 🖤
Sydney Burtis is an NYC-based performer, choreographer, teacher, and multidisciplinary artist, mentored by Michelle Dorrance, Derick Grant, Sarah Reich, Anthony Morigerato, and Danny Wallace. Named one of Dance Spirit Magazine’s “Tap’s Next Generation” in 2017, she was featured on its October 2018 cover. Her performance credits include the Billy Elliot National Broadway Tour, So You Think You Can Dance, Dorrance Dance, The Kennedy Center, Little Island, the YoungArts New York Gala at The Met, Demi Remick & Dancers, and Max Pollak repertoire.
Sydney’s choreography has been presented at Choreographer’s Carnival NYC, Battery Dance Festival, OC Tap Festival, Steps Beyond Foundation, Arts On Site, and Rhythm in Motion. She founded her tap company, Elements of Sound, in 2022 and was a finalist for the 2025 DEC Choreographers Cup. She is an Artist in Residence at the American Tap Dance Foundation, a 2017 YoungArts Silver Award winner, 2018 Presidential Scholar in the Arts semifinalist, Jacob’s Pillow Tap Program alumna, and co-founder of the Orlando Tap Festival.
Sydney is on faculty at Steps on Broadway and Broadway Dance Center. She also tours with Adrenaline and Revive Dance Conventions, and teaches for Sarah Reich’s Tap Music Project. She travels nationally and internationally as a guest teacher and choreographer. A summa cm laude graduate of Pace University with a BA in Communication Studies, her honors thesis explored Tap Dance as a Form of Non-Verbal Communication for Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Sydney is excited to bring her passion, experience, and love of tap to the dancers at Project Dance!
