Andre Williams brings Choreography for Colorguard and Band, Dance Technique, & Visual Design to Guard Closet

Guard Closet is pleased to welcome Andre Williams to the design team for Guard Closet clients.  If you are looking for Choreography for colorguard or band, Dance Technique training, visual design and more, Andre can help!

André Williams, an artist based in Indianapolis, IN, started as a young percussionist in Elementary, and became fascinated with the world of performance. He attended Warren Central High School where became heavily involved in the Warren Central Performing Arts Department (WPAC), where  he saw his future as an artist.  He served as the Drum Major for the Warren Central Gold Brigade Marching Band, percussionist for the Honors Band, Jazz Band, & Winter Percussion Ensemble; Devoting his extra time to develop his skills as a color guard performer and dancer, and attaining several awards for his commitment to excellence in performance during his High School Career and became the first male member of the Warren Central World Guard prior to graduating in 2011.

André attended DePauw University, initially, with plans to major in music education. After coming to the realization that his true passion was in dance, education, and color guard, he changed his focus to theatre and communications, heavily focusing his studies and work in understanding concert dance and tanztheater. Over the course of his four years at DePauw, André performed and was a part of the production team for several DePauw Theatre Productions and became a student leader of the costume shop. Involved with multiple prominent dance groups on campus, he became the founder and artistic director for the first Student-Led Dance Company on campus; conceptualizing, designing, and choreographing three main stage, full length dance productions over this time. He also managed to tour with the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corp. for their 75th anniversary in 2013, while continuing to design, instruct, and choreograph for a number of schools in the Midwest, most notably returning to Instruct and Choreograph for the Warren Central World Guard from 2013-2015.

 After Graduating with his BLA in Theatre from DePauw, André returned to Indianapolis where he began training for dance professionally with David Hochoy, and Justin David Sears-Watson. Shortly after beginning his training, he became and executive assistant at Phoenix Rising Dance Studios (2015-2018) and Dance Company (2015-2020), where he also danced as a company member. He went on to become the rehearsal director and a resident choreographer for the company starting in 2018, and in 2020 founded Relevations Dance Company, now, entering their 5yr anniversary returning to Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre in Indianapolis for their 2nd full season. 

Remaining active and passionate about the pageantry arts, André has continued to work in the pageantry arts since 2011 with several programs. He currently is the the Guard Director for the Mt. Vernon Color Guard, State Champions, and 7th nationally an an international competitive circuit. He is also a designer and consultant for Elevate Performing Arts (EPA) Independent World Guard and Winds.