Education
Moore was educated in Marietta, Georgia, where she attended Lassiter High School and was crowned homecoming queen.
Moore was educated in Marietta, Georgia, where she attended Lassiter High School and was crowned homecoming queen.
At the time of the competition, she was a 19-year-old college freshman attending Fordham University at Lincoln Center in New York City. Moore trained and competed for twelve years in Marietta at Rhythm Dance Center. She later left college to continue her dance training in Marietta.
She also appeared on Glee, season 4, as a dance pupil enrolled at NYADA. Melanie originated the role of Peter Pan in Finding Neverland on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater.
In 2015, she was nominated for the Fred and Adele Astaire "Best Female Dancer" Award for her work in the role. She now plays the role of Chava in the 2015 Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof.
Moore appears on the Oxygen television show, "All the Right Moves," as a member of the Shaping Sound Dance Company.