Amber Mayberry is a dancer, actor, teacher, and choreographer. She was trained at the Washington School of Ballet and with Fabian Barnes at the Dance Institute of Washington. After receiving her BFA from SUNY Purchase, she performed with Elisa Monte, Donald Byrd’s Spectrum Dance Theatre, and The Trey McIntyre Project. Past collaborations include work with Wideman/Davis Dance and Tommy DeFrantz at Duke University.

A gifted soprano, Amber is as much at home on theatrical stages as she is in the arena of concert dance. Amber made her Washington, DC theatrical debut in Measure for Measure at the Shakespeare Theatre and played the title role of Mary in Donald Byrd’s Black Nativity. Her other theatrical credits include Oklahoma! and On the Town at The 5th Avenue Theater and performances with the Washington National, Seattle, and Baltimore Lyric Opera houses. For the past twelve years, Amber has performed extensively in Disney’s The Lion King on Broadway and on two of its national tours.

In addition to her professional obligations, Amber is an advocate for making arts education accessible to all: teaching, coaching, and leading classes in Washington, DC, and various workshops nationwide. She has been on faculty at The Washington School of Ballet, The Dance Institute of Washington, and Jones-Haywood. Additional teaching credits: The Maryland Youth Ballet, The Spectrum Dance Academy,  New Orleans Ballet Association(NOBA), Dancer’s Workshop in Jackson Hole, and Reframing the Narrative at The Kennedy Center. She serves on the board of MOVE|NYC’s artistic advisory council and has taught for their DC Summer Intensive, MOVE|DC, for the past three years.

Most recently, Amber received her MFA in Classical Acting from The Shakespeare Theatre Academy at The George Washington University. Amber is an avid reader and loves spending time with her rescue dog, Duke.