Name: CANDISS NICOLE DREXLER
Nickname: CANDY-CANE
Occupation: HIGH SCHOOL DANCE INSTRUCTOR & HIP HOP DIRECTOR
Hometown: GLENCOE, LOUISIANA
Favorite Color: : PURPLE
Favorite choreographer: MIA MICHAELS
Favorite Dance Co.: AALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER & COMPLEXIONS DANCE COMPANY
Favorite Dance phrase/term:“WORK AS IF YOU DON’T NEED THE MONEY, LOVE AS IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN HURT, DANCE AS IF NO ONE IS WATCHNG”
Best Performance:I’M IN MY DREAMS DOING A SOLO FILLED WITH EMOTION AND AT THE END I AM GETTING A STANDING OAVATION
Favorite Piece:SCARLET SITUATION AND IN THE SHADOW OF THEIR WINGS
Marital Status, Kids:VERY SINGLE, 2 LITTLE BLACK DOGS-GORGEOUS MARIE AND DUTCHESS ELIZABETH
What is in your Playlist:FROM COUNTRY TO ROCK-N-ROLL, OLDIES BUT GOODIES, AND ALL THE MAINSTREAM ARTISTS. I LOVE TO MIX MUSIC ON MY MAC AND PUT IT ON MY IPOD. USHER, JOHN LEGEND, ALICIA KEYS, MAXWELL, AND JILL SCOTT ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE ARTIST.
What do you like most about dancing with USDC: I LOVE THE POSITIVE ENERGY AND EVERYONE HELPS EACH OTHER OUT. IT’S LIKE WE ARE A FAMILY. WE ALL HAVE A COMMON GOAL AND WE KNOW TOGETHER WE CAN ACHIEVE IT. HARRISON GUY IS A BRILLIANT DIRECTOR AND MAKES IT EASIER FOR MEMBERS TO GIVE THEIR ALL. USDC IS MY HOME AWAY FROM HOME AND MY NEW FAMILY! .
Bio:
CANDISS BEGAN DANCING AT THE AGE OF 2.  SHE WAS TRAINED IN A DANCE STUDIO UNDER THE PROFESSIONAL DANCE TEACHER ASSOCIATION CURRICULUM UNDER THE INSTRUCTION OF MRS PAULET LOUIVERE.  CANDISS TRAVELED WITH A SELECTED GROUP TO COMPETITIONS AND DANCE CONVENTIONS UNDER GREAT INSTRUCTION WITH ACCOMPLISHED CHOREOGRAPHERS LIKE MIA MICHAELS, SHANE SPARKS, JERRY ROSE, BARRY YOUNGBLOOD, GREG RUSSELL, AND RHONDA MILLER TO NAME A FEW.  CANDISS GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE AND BECAME A MEMBER OF THE RAGIN JAZZ DANCE TEAM.  SHE HAS TRAVELED TO DISNEY WORLD AND PARTICIPATED IN THE UDA COLLEGIATE NATIONALS COMPETITION.  MISS DREXLER HASI PARTICIPATED AND WON MANY PAGEANT TITLES WITH DANCE BEING HER TALENT.  AFTER COLLEGE CANDISS MOVED TO HOUSTON, TEXAS AND JOINED A DANCE GROUP CALLED DANCE FORCE PRODUCTIONS. MISS DREXLER LOOKS FORWARD TO MANY MORE YEARS OF DANCING AND PERFORMING!