Angelica Salem

  
Angelica Salem is an award-winning dancer, songwriter, actor, author, and recording artist who has appeared on stage in New York and Connecticut theatres and venues. When Manhattan music producer Heather Holly said "Keep an eye on this one -- she's on her way," she must have known that the doors to a promising music career were about to swing wide open. 

A charming, slim 5’8” brunette with striking blue eyes, Angelica’s enchanting voice won her first place in the New York and Orlando “Behind the Scenes: American Idol.” She has recorded four songs with producers Heather Holley and Rob Hoffman who worked with artists like Christina Aguilera, Michael Jackson, Quince Jones, and Holly Brook among others. Her album, Voice of an Angel, is currently on iTunes, and she will have new song releases in 2010. She has been a soloist for the Connecticut Bluefish minor league baseball games and the New England Oireachtas ’07 Regional ceremony and has participated as a soloist in her middle and high school choirs. Angelica has received training in vocal technique and sight-reading from prominent New York and Connecticut vocal coaches. 

Angelica Salem is no ordinary teenager. In 2009, she decided she would rather give to others than receive gifts at her Sweet 16 and founded her non-profit foundation, “Voice of an Angel,” to help financially-struggling young people and families to afford tuitions, medical bills, and more. Her charity has also donated thousands of dollars to AmeriCares, New Covenant House, and Stamford Hospice. She has also volunteered her time with children working with middle school theatre productions and teaching Irish dancing at Stamford’s Pender-Keady Academy of Irish Dance. 

Angelica’s fourteen years of professional dance training in ballet, Irish, jazz and hip-hop have earned her numerous performances and awards. She is a principle dancer in the Locust Contemporary Dance Works I company under the direction of world-renown choreographer Jimmy Locust (www.jimmylocust.com). She was a featured singer/dancer in the New York City 2010 Choreographer’s Carnival, a principle dancer in the Locust Contemporary Dance Works I, competed and medaled in regional, national, and international Irish Dance championships, and was a featured dancer on Good Morning CT News Channel 8. 

A natural on stage, Angelica has performed in over a dozen musicals and shows.  She appeared in "The Flute Player's Song" in the New York Film Festival where she captivated audiences with her portrayal of a child beggar during the three-week-long production. She is a co-writer of monologues with Jimmy Locust, founder of the ‘No Hate but Harmony’ troupe, with whom she tours along with a volunteer group of actors and dancers performing anti-bullying shows in schools. Angelica has performed in musicals at the New York City Music Theatre and local Connecticut venues including Today is Broadway (soloist), Hair (Ensemble), West Side Story (Rosalia), Grease (Frenchie), High School Musical (Gabriela), Damn Yankees (Ensemble), Sound of Music (Ensemble), Once Upon A Mattress (Ensemble), Peter Pan (Wendy), and Annie (Annie).

Born in 1993 and raised in Stamford, Connecticut, Angelica is currently a full-time honor student juggling numerous extra-curricular activities. Her athletic and personal interests include horseback riding, swimming, body surfing, Pilates, running, and working with children.