Audrey began her dance career in Pittsburgh, PA in 1993 under the instruction of Christine Hamer. Although she had no prior dance experience and never considered herself to be particularly coordinated or graceful, Audrey quickly took to the dance form and found herself constantly in front of the mirror striving to train her body in the art of isolation. Her first appearance on stage, upon the insistence of her instructor, awakened the performer in Audrey and she has been gaining momentum ever since.

In 1995 Christine asked Audrey to be one of the founding members of a performance troupe named Ghawazee. Although Audrey was not sure she was a strong enough dancer, she was honored and ready for the challenge. She joined Christine and four other women in what began as a ten-minute choreography to taped music and evolved into six years of performance. The troupe evolved as they were joined by an ensemble of live musicians and new dancers were introduced. Audrey’s participation in Ghawazee was at times disrupted during her four years as an undergraduate at Oberlin College, although she continued to perform with the troupe in the summertime and would occasionally commute for rehearsals and larger shows. Click here to see the Ghawazee archive site.

While at Oberlin Audrey taught a weekly class for beginners and eventually offered an intermediate level class. She also hosted a number of small haflas to give her students a performance opportunity as well as performing at Oberlin’s annual multicultural dance performance “Colors of Rhythm”. In 1999, Audrey was asked by the members of Turku do dance for their first video production “Alive 1999” fron their "Alleys of Istanbul" Recording.