Amy Merli is a Professional dancer who is diverse and dedicated. She has studied with many influential modern dancers, modern companies, ballet teachers, ballet companies, and jazz teachers. Amy started dancing later in life and took her first modern class and real ballet class the summer before she turned 18 at the Hartford Conservatory. Every teacher she ever worked with was always fascinated by her growth and improvement in a short period of time.

Amy studied at the Hartford Conservatory and while working on her double major of Pedagogy and Performance she also choreographed the musical "Your a Good Man Charley Brown" for the musical theater department and taught many of the creative movement dance classes at the school. Amy performed and toured with Full Force Dance theatre for 2 years until she moved to NYC to study with the Limon Company. While involved in the Limon professional studies program in NYC Amy performed Limon and Humphrey Repertory throughout New York. 

Amy has participated summer and winter Paul Taylor Intensives and has performed many different Taylor rep. Amy has done a Horton workshop with Milton Myersand done workshops with Cedar Lake Ballet, Complexions, SYREN, Robert Battle, Robert K Moses, and Sean Curran. Amy has also performed with Pioneer Valley Ballet and Dance Concert.  Currently Amy performs with CONNetic dance. Amy was also selected to be apart of Hartford dancers 2008 a tribute to Ted Hershey; working with Laura Glenn, Paul Dennis, and Michael Utoff.