Vanessa Carroll is from Orange County, California where she grew up training in all styles of dance and entered the competitive dance world at the age of eight. From tap, ballet, contemporary, jazz, hip hop, musical theatre- Vanessa loves it all. She even trained in modern, Irish, Bollywood and Israeli folk dancing while being on her high school varsity dance team for four years.

As soon as Vanessa graduated from high school, she joined Mather Dance Company’s pre-professional training program, Bridge into the Industry, where she expanded her knowledge and love for this art form. Through the program, Vanessa got to train under and get very close to Shannon Mather and her brother, Blake McGrath. Vanessa was a background dancer for Blake’s official music video, “Love You The Most,” and was chosen as production assistant to directors and choreographers, Matt Cady and Ricky Palomino. She was also on Mather’s prestigious faculty where she taught ballet and tap weekly.

Some of Vanessa’s favorite gigs have been being a part of Olivia Rodrigo’s, “Sour Prom,” production music video, tap danced under the direction of Ryan Maw at LA’s premier dance showcase, “Club Jete,” and danced for Karmagraphy Entertainment in collaboration with party entertainment service, Bonnie Foster, directed by Kavita Rao.

Most recently, Vanessa completed two years of the Launch Professional Training Program in connection to The (Brea) Space TV based in Brea, California. With director and owners, Cory and Krista Miller’s guidance, Vanessa has been able to book additional professional gigs such as being a backup dancer for Emmy nominated artist, Frankie Moreno, for his residency at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada. The gig was led and choreographed by Christina Grady and Lacey Schwimmer. With this, Vanessa also works for the national touring dance competition, Spotlight Dance Cup, as a stage manager, social media coordinator and “dance down” audition instructor, and continues to share her growing knowledge of dance around the country.

This year, Vanessa became bi-coastal and is ecstatic to be a part of The Warehouse Dance Studio’s faculty!