Mandy Yip

Mandy Yip is a Canadian dance educator and curriculum designer whose principal contribution is the systematization of AcroDance instruction. Rather than treating acrobatic skills as isolated tricks, her work places them within progressive training that connects strength, flexibility, balancing, limbering, tumbling and partnering to dance technique and classroom practice.

Yip founded Acrobatic Arts in 2011. The organization developed a teacher-certification pathway and a syllabus designed for dance studios, with explicit attention to anatomy, progressions, spotting, lesson planning and choreography. Acrobatic Arts says its curriculum was developed with input from more than 100 specialists in related fields. The program's distinguishing premise is that safe instruction depends on sequencing prerequisites and giving teachers a common technical vocabulary.

The system expanded internationally through certification courses, examinations, digital resources and studio partnerships. By 2026, Ensemble Performing Arts—the parent organization overseeing Acrobatic Arts—reported certified teachers in more than 70 countries and over 500,000 weekly participants. These figures document extraordinary reach for a dance-training framework created in the 2010s.

Yip has remained a visible teacher of teachers. Acrobatic Arts podcasts and workshop listings show her addressing progressions, mixed-level instruction, current training trends, injury prevention and curriculum implementation. Her professional biographies emphasize certifications across contortion, hand balancing, inclusive learning, tap, jazz, gymnastics and safe coaching. That breadth supports the interdisciplinary nature of AcroDance while underscoring that specialist expertise should be credited rather than collapsed into a single technique.

Her role at Ensemble Performing Arts extends the same systems perspective across multiple education businesses. Ensemble identifies her as President of B2B Services and a partner overseeing units including Acrobatic Arts, Prodigy, The Dance Team Convention and Accelerate Acro Convention. Professional records also show her involvement with the Bridge Dance Project and service on dance-education boards.