Faculty – Page 6 – Steps on Broadway (2024)

Former principal dancer with John Neumeier and the Hamburg Ballet, Béjart Ballet Lausanne and principal permanent guest artist with English National Ballet. Professor of Classical Ballet and Freelance Guest teacher with major international ballet companies.

CLASS DESCRIPTION:

4pointe is my method of teaching pointe which combines all the aspects of classical pointe work, with emphasis on strengthening, correct alignment of the feet, speed, musicality and a high level of articulation so much needed in nowadays choreography as well as in the classical repertoire. A class beneficial at all levels.

Ms. Haberman was the Director and Choreographer of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, as well as Artistic Director of the Rockettes for 9 years. Prior to that she was the creative force behind the Christmas Spectacular touring productions, supervising as many as 5 companies at once. In 2007 Linda conceived, directed and choreographed the critically acclaimed 75th Anniversary Edition of the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City and in 2008 audiences across North America were wowed by her Arena adaptation of that show.

Linda’s choreography has been seen around the world, including on television shows such as America’s Got Talent, Dancing With The Stars, Project Runway, The Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting, The Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, The Today’s Show and the 2007 broadcast of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.

In Japan Ms. Haberman directed and choreographed six productions of La Cage Aux Folles and choreographed numerous lavish productions for the world renowned Takarazuka Revue Company. She also choreographed several pieces for Takarazuka’s sold-out run at the Joyce Theatre in New York.

Ms. Haberman is proud to have choreographed shows for such notable directors as Arthur Laurents and Martin Charnin. She has choreographed Off Broadway and regional productions and staged numerous commercials, benefits and industrial shows.

On Broadway Linda was the assistant choreographer to Bob Fosse on his last show, Big Deal, and was the assistant to Jerome Robbins during the reconstruction and audition phase of Jerome Robbins’ Broadway. She also assisted Christopher Chadman on the 1992 hit revival of Guys and Dolls, directed by Jerry Zaks and starring Nathan Lane and Faith Prince.

As a performer, Linda had featured dance roles in original Broadway productions including, Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, La Cage Aux Folles and Can-Can, as well as the video version of Pippin.

As a young dancer she trained on scholarship with San Francisco Ballet and School of American Ballet, and took part in the apprenticeship program at Harkness Ballet.

Ms. Haberman is currently working as a freelance Choreographer/Director and teaches master classes in her spare time.

Steeledance was founded in 1995 to showcase the unique and imaginative choreography of Teri Lee Steel and Oliver Steele. Teri Lee Steele, born and raised in Los Angeles, has been dancing since she was three years old and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a BA in Exercise Physiology. Oliver Steele, born in Romania and raised in Germany, began his dance training at the Iwanson Dance Center in Munich at the age of eighteen and moved to New York in 1992.

The Steele’s have both worked with Andrew Asnes, John Evans, Michael Foley, Milton Myers, Val Suarez, Ray Tadio, Fabrice Herault, David Storey, Nadia Tarr and Kevin Wynn. Together they have self produced, co- choreographed, directed and performed several full length concerts in New York City. Their choreography has been commissioned by North Carolina School of the Arts, Joyce Soho presents, In the Company of Men 2004, DNA’s Gene Pool and the Tappan Zee Dance Group. The Steele’s work has been presented by and performed at DTW’s Bessie Schonberg Theater, St. Marks Church with Dancers Responding to Aids “The Remember Project”, the French Institute, the Agnes Demille Theater at NCSA, the Patricia Nanon Theatre at The Yard, the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, the Battery Dance Company in their Downtown Dance Festival, the Cunningham Studio, the Evolving Arts Theater at Dance Space, the Master’s School in Dobbs Ferry as well as Steps’ Faculty Showcase, SWEAT and the Elizabeth Pape Memorial Concert.

They have taught at the Julliard School, the University of Utah at Salt Lake City, Rutgers University, Hunter College, the University of California at Santa Barbara, North Carolina School of the Arts, Steps on Broadway, Abizaid Arts, Tappan Zee Dance School and internationally at the Iwanson Dance Center (Germany), Matsuyama University (Japan), Dance Camp Companie Champagne (Italy) and Ketsevhagoof Studio (Israel).

Teri and Oliver are elated and honored to be surrounded by such amazingly talented, generous and inspiring artists. We are blessed.

Suzanne Farrell is one of George Balanchine’s most celebrated muses and remains a legendary figure in the ballet world. In addition to serving as Artistic Director of her own company, she is also a repetiteur for The George Balanchine Trust, the independent organization founded after the choreographer’s death by the heirs to his ballets to oversee their worldwide licensing and production. Since 1988 she has staged Balanchine’s works for such companies as the Berlin Opera Ballet, the Vienna State Opera Ballet, the Royal Danish Ballet, the Paris Opera Ballet, the Kirov Ballet, the Bolshoi Ballet, as well as American companies, including those in Boston, Miami, Seattle, Cincinnati, Fort Worth, and New York. She was born in Cincinnati, and she received her early training at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.

Ms. Farrell joined Balanchine’s New York City Ballet in the fall of 1961 after a year as a Ford Foundation scholarship student at the School of American Ballet. Her unique combination of musical, physical, and dramatic gifts quickly ignited Balanchine’s imagination. By the mid 1960s, she was not only Balanchine’s most prominent ballerina, she was a symbol of the era, and remains so to this day. She restated and re-scaled such Balanchine masterpieces as Apollo, Concerto Barocco, and Symphony in C. Balanchine went on to invent new ones for her-Diamonds, for example, and Chaconne and Mozartiana, in which the limits of ballerina technique were expanded to a degree not seen before or since. By the time she retired from the stage in 1989, Ms. Farrell had achieved a career that is without precedent or parallel in the history of ballet.

During her 28 years on the stage, she danced a repertory of more than one hundred ballets, nearly a third of which were composed expressly for her by Balanchine and other choreographers, including Jerome Robbins and Maurice Béjart. Her numerous performances with Balanchine’s company (more than two thousand), her world tours, and her appearances in television and movies have made her one of the most recognizable and highly esteemed artists of her generation. She is also the recipient of numerous artistic and academic accolades. Since the fall of 2000, Ms. Farrell has been a full-time professor in the dance department at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida.

In addition to her work for the Balanchine Trust, she is active in a variety of cultural and philanthropic organizations such as the New York State Council on the Arts, the Arthritis Foundation, the Professional Children’s School, and the Princess Grace Foundation. Summit Books published her autobiography, Holding On to the Air in 1990 and Suzanne Farrell – Elusive Muse (directed by Anne Belle and Deborah Dickson) was an Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Film in 1997.

Teddy Forance is a dancer, teacher, choreographer & entrepreneur in the dance industry. He has performed with Madonna, Janet Jackson, PINK, Usher, Lady Gaga, Florence & The Machine, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, Kylie Minogue & Cirque Du Soleil. He has danced on the Oscars, Emmy’s, AMA’s, Billboard Awards, Britt Awards, Dancing With The Stars, ELLEN, & Good Morning America. He has choreographed on SYTYCD, an Apple commercial & set work on Hubbard street dance company. Teddy is a Co-Founder of CLI Studios & the director of the CLI Conservatory where dancers from all around the world come to train for their future dance careers!

Tracie Stanfield is an award-winning choreographer, educator, creative consultant and the founder/Artistic Director of SynthesisDANCE in New York City. Her work has been commissioned throughout the US, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Russia, and Latin America. Her signature voice as a choreographer has helped create and define contemporary lyrical movement in concert and commercial dance.

Dance Magazine calls her classes “inspiring.”

Huffington Post UK says Tracie
“thrilled and mesmerized with her masterful fusion of contemporary and classical dance forms.”

Tracie’s choreography has been presented throughout the US at Symphony Space, Jazz at Lincoln Center, BAM Fisher, The Duke Theatre, Brooklyn Museum, Rose Nagelberg Theatre, Bryant Park, Brooklyn College, Dixon Place, Brooklyn Music School and Untermyer Park. Internationally, her concert work has been produced in Benicassim, Edinburgh, Tokyo, St. Petersburgh, Buenos Aires and throughout Mexico in MC, Monterrey and Ixtapa. Stage commissions include Tec de Monterrey Universidad (Mexico), Verismo Opera Company, Premiero Ato (Brazil), Dean College, Tapestry Dance Company, Kilgore Rangerettes, Brooklyn Dance Festival Company and with numerous dance companies and organizations.

One of the “Nine DanceMakers Making History” (Dance Spirit), Tracie travels the world teaching dancers, dance educators and aspiring professionals. She is on the roster of Fluid Dance, Rise Talent, Mainstage Dance and Meraki Conventions. Recent teaching highlights include Joffrey Ballet, Yale University, Amarbailar in Paraguay, TDR Tour in Ixtapa and Marymount Manhattan College. Tracie’s SynthesisDANCE Teacher Training Workshops have been produced throughout the US and Mexico.

Beyond her work with the Spirit of Elan Award-winning SynthesisDANCE, Tracie served as the Resident Choreographer for the Booking Dance Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. She has been regularly featured in Dance Spirit, Dance Teacher and Dance Informa Magazines. She is the Founding Artistic Director of the Brooklyn Dance Festival and serves on the Advisory Board of the Young Choreographers’ Festival and various dance organizations that promote the future of dance for all audiences. Tracie served as the Educational Advisor for SIETEOCHO, a pre-professional training program in Mexico City. She is a producer of dance for Showcase Hub and co-Director of Rebellious Creatives Productions. Film projects include Hussein/Studio School, Caseology online campaigns, Construction Company Virtual Seasons I. – III, The Fairy Queen with Director Erin Levendorf, Documentary and Dance4Camera projects with BT Films.

Class Description

Tracie Stanfield’s Contemporary Lyrical classes blend creative movement, line and artistry with athletic technique found in Jazz or Ballet. These classes are for dancers who enjoy creative challenges, connecting dance to other mediums, and physical challenges that require persistence and practice. Exercises focus on increasing flexibility and strength, total body connectivity, and creative problem solving. Movement in class combines the bold rebellion of contemporary dance with the passion and pulse of jazz dance and the breath and performance of lyrical dance: strong accents, sharp angles and classical lines create an experience of artistic intention and expression.

Dancers will work on flexibility, strength, range and ease of movement, and building/maintaining technique. Working from a strong center, dancers move through the class finding freedom in the use of torso and limbs, a sense of dynamics and initiation of movement, and a balance of breath and control.

Born from a foundation in ballet, the warm-up is created to be a combination of traditional stretching, center barre, and full-bodied movement. The class focuses on allowing each dancer to work to their fullest potential, using technique to allow for efficient and effective communication within the choreography. Whether working in lyrical, contemporary, or traditional jazz combinations, dancers are challenged to become magnetic and confident performers.

SIDRA BELL DANCE NEW YORK is rapidly gaining an international profile for work that reveals aspects of the human condition through a distinctly female lens. Sidra Bell’s creations have been described as, “brainy, exuberant, and audacious.” (San Francisco Chronicle). The work demands both physical power and tender expressiveness from her crack ensemble of “fearless and technically honed dancers” (Vancouver’s Georgia Straight).

The Company has performed extensively throughout the USA, Europe, Canada, and South America. It was named “#1 in Contemporary Dance in 2014” by the Pittsburgh Examiner, as one of ArtsATL’s “Notable Dance Performances of 2012”, and in the “Top 10 for Best in Dance in 2010” by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Bell’s process is intuitive, collaborative, and emphasizes the integration of multiple design elements and languages. Her work combines design, media, and fashion creating a singular vision in contemporary dance.

SBDNY has a extensive educational and mentorship program built on MODULE philosophy and works with institutions for dance and theater internationally with a particular emphasis on young artist development. SBDNY was awarded a 2015 National Dance Project Award from New England Foundation for the Arts and was one of 25 inaugural companies to receive a the Dance Advancement Fund Award from Dance/NYC in 2017. Recent features include a spread in Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine (2017), a mini book collaboration with fashion photographer Lloyd Stevie, the Best of New Orleans, T Magazine New York Times‘ Style Magazine and the January 2018 cover of Dance Magazine featuring an SBDNY artist as one of 25 to Watch in 2018 “Breakout Stars of 2018”. The company was featured on NOWNESS in director Jovan Todorovic’s latest film as part of MOTIONPOEMS’ 8th Season at Anthology Film Archives. SBDNY was a featured company in Dance Magazine‘s “In the Studio” in May 2018.

Photo by Rob Daly Photography. Sidra Bell Dance New York in Australia’s Keto Dancewear.

Catherine is an active performer, choreographer, and teacher based in New York City. Her diverse artistic career – led by her strong background in dance & musical theater – has spanned to many corners of the world.

Catherine made her debut at Carnegie Hall last season in concert with Michael Feinstein, while also performing at many iconic venues including New York City Center, The Rainbow Room, & on NBC’s Saturday Night Live.

She has spent three seasons performing with the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center as both a dancer and principal artist. Her favorite role to date is Margot in Susan Stroman’s The Merry Widow, a part she premiered at both The Met & at Lyric Opera Chicago. Additionally, Catherine’s performance credits span to New York Fashion Week, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, TV commercials, voiceovers, regional theater, & the annual Robin Hood Benefit Gala.

Catherine has also choreographed & assistant directed several large-scale musicals & operas including Parade, Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merry Widow, Fame, Peter Pan, and Shakespeare’s The Twelfth Night. As a dance technique teacher, she has held positions with Steps on Broadway, The Stage Theater School, & University of Illinois to name a few. She is a veteran company member of the Honey Taps, a touring song & dance troupe focused in tap, and has also traveled the world as a Principal Singer/Dancer for Norwegian Cruiseline.

In both her performance & creative pursuits, Catherine has most enjoyed workshopping new productions as an original cast member, as well as reviving old works to be told in new ways.

This native New Yorker, has performed, taught and toured internationally as a tap dancer since 1994. He has opened shows for people such as Shirley Bassey, Natalie Cole, Earth, Wind & Fire and Stevie Wonder. Anthony has made appearances on, Regis & Kathie Lee, Good Day New York, and MTV Live to name a few. He has been performing and teaching in all 50 states, as well as, Mexico, Canada, the Netherlands, South Africa and Monte Carlo.

An original NYC cast member, Anthony is the first American to earn a standing role in Tap Dogs. He thoroughly enjoys being a well-known, veteran member of what is currently the longest running tap show ever. In early 2013, Anthony performed in his final tour with the international cast of Tap Dogs and returned to NY.

Teaching, performing & choreographing is truly Anthony’s life passion and the combination of these things led him to the unexpected birth of his own tap company, #Taplife and #TaplifeToo, the pre professional “sister company” to #Taplife. As Artistic Director for #Taplife and #TaplifeToo, he developed the show Sounds of a #Taplife, curated In Good Company and produced original music videos featuring #Taplife Company. Anthony’s current projects are not only dance related as he has a keen interest in technological developments that can enhance the dance studio industry.

Risa Steinberg is an active member of the dance community as a performer, teacher, re-constructor of the works of José Limón, and mentor to young, emerging and established choreographers.

A native New Yorker, she studied and graduated from the High School of Performing Arts and The Juilliard School where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts.

A former principal dancer with the José Limón Dance Company, Bill Cratty Dance Theater, Annabel Gamson, Anna Sokolow’s Player’s Project, Colin Connor, and American Repertory Dance Company of Los Angeles, Ms. Steinberg has also been a guest artist with choreographers including Wally Cardona, Sean Curran, and Danza Hoy of Caracas, Venezuela. Her solo concert, A Celebration of Dance, featured repertory from Isadora Duncan to contemporary choreographers. As a re-constructor of the works of Mr. Limón , Ms. Steinberg has worked with companies and dancers including Nureyev and Friends, Frank Augustyn, and Karen Kain. She has been full time faculty at the Juilliard School since 2004 and held the position of Associate Director of Juilliard Dance from 2008-2016. She was a dance panelist for the New York State Council on the Arts; now sits on the Artists Advisory board for the José Limón Dance Foundation and is on the selection committee of The Bessies. Ms. Steinberg is the Choreographic Advisor and Rehearsal Coach for Brian Brooks Moving Company and Kate Weare Dance Company as well as choreographic mentor for A.I.M. Steinberg is the co-director of the Ann and Weston Hicks Choreography Project at Jacob’s Pillow.

She is presently a cast member of the Punchdrunk production, Sleep No More.

Celine Berthaud began her formal dance training at the OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center at the tender age of 12 and continued to further her training at the Boston Arts Academy where she graduated as a Dance major in 2010. She has received the Professional advancement in Dance award from The School at Jacob’s Pillow 2009, participating in their first Hip Hop Continuum Program. She has attended The Ailey School Summer Intensive, Earl Mosley’s Institute of the Arts, and the Contemporary Masters program at Steps on Broadway. Celine has trained with individuals such as Ronald K. Brown, Desmond Richardson, Sidra Bell, Nathan Trice, Rennie Harris, and Tai Jimenez. She has performed on BET’s 106 & Park with world renown choreographer, LaurieAnn Gibson and for Hip-Hop Icon, LL Cool J

Celine graduated from George Mason University with a Bachelors in the Fine Arts in 2014. As a member of the Mason Dance Company, Celine has been featured in guest works by Choreographers such as Camille A. Brown, Kate Skarpetowska, Robert Battle, and Mark Morris. Celine has participated various commercial dance workshops including Luam Keflezgy’s Commercial Dance workshop Rock the Industry, Jessica Castro’s Lipstick Diaries, Galen Hook’s Behind the Audition and Dana Foglia’s Heels Intensive. In 2016, Celine was signed to BLOC Talent Agency NYC as a professional dancer, exposing her to major choreographers and print opportunities in New York City.

Celine is certified by the National Association of Sports Medicine (NASM) for personal training. She was a trainer at Celebrity Fitness Studio Body by Simone where she leads group fitness classes and private trainings from 2016 to 2018. Celine has taught Boot Camp Master Classes for dance workshops such as Rock the Industry and LuamWorld. Celine currently offers group fitness classes as well as private trainings both in-home and at selected gyms.

Celine has recently begun her own series of Group Fitness classes called SWEAT CITY. The classes are tailored to burn fat, optimize core strength, enhance flexibly through low impact cardio and functional body weight training while listening to great music! She also offers private trainings both in-home and at selected gyms.

JT Horenstein- Creative Director, Producer and Director/ choreographer (currently the exec choreographer for Madison Square Garden’s Knicks City Dancers, dance department for the Metropolitan opera and in production for Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) for over 75 large scale multi million dollar- plus private and corporate events, general sessions and summits, as well as many hit network and cable shows such as Dancing With The Stars (2011- 2013), America’s Best Dance Crew (MTV), NBC’s The Sing Off, The Academy Awards (ABC), MTV Awards, VMAs, ABC’s Breakthrough, Skating with the Stars (ABC), Disney’s Narnia on Ice (ABC), The Winter Olympics Torino and Vancouver (Artistic Director for the US Olympic Figure Skating and Ice Dancing teams), Summer Olympic Gymnastic post tour with Black Eyed Peas, Mad TV(FOX- Movement Director/ Choreographer), NIKE commercials and live telecasts for huge sports and music stars, Political conventions such as Democratic Nat’l Convention, Shrine , LA, Seth McFarland’s Oscars entertainment, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions, and multi million dollar corporate and private events such as the CES Keynote sessions and opening and closings, (Las Vegas) (Compaq, Samsung and Apple), Nissan Brazil, Hyundai Worldwide, NYC Fashion Week 2013-2017, IBEW international summits (New Orleans, San Francisco, Cleveland and Vancouver), Reebok Int’l Summit with Alicia Keyes, Oracle Open World with Lenny Kravitz, City wide NIKE Marathons, Harry Winston and Couture Diamond World Show, Nat’l Club tour for Camel and Absolute, McDonald’s tour, world tours and/or music videos for Bette Midler, Liza Minelli, Garth Brooks, Brooks and Dunne, My Chemical Romance, Kings of Leon, Fuel, Puddle of Mudd, Sean Lennon,..and many others.

Large scale private and corporate events and general sessions that JT has been both Executive producer and Creative director include UPFRONT Ventures, Peterson Auto Museum in LA,CA. NYC Winter Fashion Week on Ice at The Standard Hotel for Samuelson. Bryant Park, Creative Direction for the Big Xmas tree lighting show starring Dancing with Stars cast, and All A list Olympic Ice Skaters and Johnny Weir as Host and Brand ambassador. Large Scale TV show events in Shanghai, China for Tencent and QQ, and 3 productions for the Met Opera At Lincoln Center, Choreographer of Cleopatra, The New pop Experience at theatre for a new City in NYC East Village. As well as sports entertainment shows for The NYC Knicks, Brooklyn Nets and the Philly 76ers. Direction and choreography for Concert appearances, music videos, arena tours and film: Barbara Streisand, Ricky Martin, Garth Brooks, LL Cool J, Keira Knightley, Carol Burnett, Brooke Shields, Kathy Griffin, Sheryl Crow, and John Fogerty, Nicole Scherzinger, Natasha Bettingfield, Smokey Robinson, Ben Folds, The Groundlings with cast members of Mad TV and Saturday Night Live as well as Jennifer Coolidge, Mindy Sterling, Michael MacDonald and the lovely ladies of “Bridesmaids”.

Choreography for commercial clients include: Reebok, Nike, World Cup, McDonalds, Carl’s Jr. Jack in The Box, Kirin, Pringles, Gatorade, Redbull, Luxe, Pepsi, Coca Cola, Lawry’s, Dr. Pepper, Chrysler, Mercedes and Toyota.

For 3 full seasons, JT served as Creative Director for NIKE West and NIKE Sportswear where he created, wrote and directed a new medium in entertainment: “Sports-Theatre/Live Web Cast”. JT was on dance convention for 15 years with LA Danceforce and was a guest master teacher for 2 summers for the Pulse Intensive and Teachers Workshop in NYC. He teaches dance at Broadway Dance Center and around the country for commercial and professional studios.

Christopher Scott is a three-time Emmy-nominated choreographer whose bold routines and fearless creativity step beyond the traditional boundaries of dance. Chris recently received his third Emmy nomination for Outstanding Choreography for his innovative hip-hop duet and signature group routines that fuse dance styles on Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance.” Chris received his first two Emmy nominations in the same category in 2012 and 2014. His most recent projects include producing and choreographing Showtime’s dance drama film, “All Styles,” and co-choreographing Gwen Stefani’s “Just a Girl” show in Las Vegas.

Chris has worked with renowned artists such as Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Imagine Dragons, Khalid, and Gloria Estefan, and has worked on a variety of film and TV projects including the Emmy-nominated 82nd Academy Awards, “Step Up 4: Revolution,” “Step Up 5: All In,” “Dancing with the Stars,” “America’s Best Dance Crew.”His exciting and inventive choreography can also be seen in the acclaimed Microsoft “Surface/Surface Pro” tablet commercials, and the viral hit “Safety Video” for Virgin America. In 2015, Chrischoreographed a cast of 1,500 dancers for the closing ceremony of the inaugural European Games. Additionally, Chris frequently collaborates with Disney and choreographed the record-breaking DisneyChannel Original movie, “Teen Beach Movie,” the sequel, “Teen Beach Movie 2,” the TV movie “Z-O-M-B-I-E-S,” and the TV series, “Austin & Ally.”

Beyond his skills as a choreographer, Chris was an associate producer, choreographer and director of the first online dance adventure, “The LXD: The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers.” The LXD has performed live for “Dancing With The Stars,” the GLEE Tour, the 82nd Annual Oscars, TED Talk, and The Conan O’Brian Show.

Emilio Dosal

Emilio Dosal – Bio coming soon.

Dana Wilson

Dana Wilson is a bright and vivacious content creator, choreographer, and performer. She illuminates everything she crosses from the worlds biggest stages to smallest cell phone screens. Although she is best known for performing along side Justin Timberlake (on three world tours and at last year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show), Dana’s feature in Dance Magazine declares her “Anything But A Backup Dancer”.

For years, she has been contributing choreography and movement coaching to some of today’s biggest names in entertainment. Dana also makes up one third of the wildly original and imaginative group “The Seaweed Sisters” (adored and admired by a wide range of audiences from toddlers and their parents to the screens of Dance Camera West, and the Cascadia International Women’s Film Festival).

Dana has been teaching for over thirteen years, and she is constantly experimenting with new technologies and techniques (like 360 degree video, VR and Drones). She draws inspiration from every corner of the dance world, from street styles to social dances, and Mime to Burlesque. Most distinguishable by her refined yet bizarre style always calling on a healthy sense of humor sure to leave a smile on every face.

Ebony Williams

Ebony Williams, born in Boston Massachusetts, discovered her enthusiasm for dance in all genres, doing hip-hop with the neighborhood kids while studying jazz and tap at the Roxbury Center for the Performing Arts. Exhibiting extraordinary talent with little to no ballet training. Ebony was selected to train in the Citi Dance Program. Soon after Boston Ballet recognized her talent as remarkable, therefore promoting her from the Citi Dance Program to the Boston Ballet School as a full scholarship student. In 2005 after graduating from the Boson Conservatory with a BFA in Dance, Ebony signed a contract with the renowned Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet as the company’s first African American female dancer. Performing works by Hofesh Shechter, Crysal Pite, Alexander Ekman, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Ohad Naharin, Jiri Kylian as well as a host of others, establishing herself as an extremely versatile artist. As a 10 year member of Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Ebony was featured in the movie Adjustment Bureau staring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, So You Think You Can Dance and Ohad Naharin’s documentary Out of Focus. She has toured with KPOP and Beyonce, and has performed in numerous music videos for Beyonce and Justin Timberlake, at NY Fashion Rocks, the Super Bowl (with Beyonce), VMAs, BET Awards and in many more commercials and TV shows.

FreeMove dance is a New York City based dance company led by Jenn Freeman.

Michael is a New York City based choreographer, director, instructor and performer. He is currently the Dance Supervisor for the Broadway production of Hamilton and the National Touring production of Aladdin. His choreography has been featured in productions of Gypsy (North Carolina Theatre), Xanadu (ReVision Theatre), Beauty and the Beast (Northern Stage), Awesomer and Awesomer (The Triad Theatre), All Hail The Queen (The Cutting Room) as well as several BC/EFA benefit concerts.

Michael has had the pleasure of working with numerous renown Broadway directors and choreographers including Andy Blankenbuehler, Casey Nicholaw, Joe Mantello, Thomas Kail, Joshua Bergasse, Gillian Lynne and John Rando. As a performer, Michael has appeared on Broadway in Aladdin, Bring It On, Mamma Mia, 9 to 5 and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Additional performance credits include: Camelot (Lincoln Center/PBS Broadcast), It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Superman (City Center Encores!) and the Radio City Music Spectacular Starring the Rockettes.

A recipient of the Princess Grace Choreography Fellowship Award, Darrell Grand Moultrie has established himself as one of the most diverse and sought-after choreographers and master teachers.

Most recently, American Ballet Theatre premiered Moultrie’s piece “Indestructible Light.”

Moultrie’s piece, “Ounce of Faith” was premiered by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre during their engagement at New York’s Lincoln Center Theater. The company also performed the work as part of their Fall European Tour and engagement at New York’s City Center.

Moultrie has created and staged works for Dance Theatre of Harlem, Atlanta Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, BalletMet Columbus, Ailey 2, Milwaukee Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Smuin Ballet, Sacramento Ballet,The Juilliard School, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, and NBA Ballet in Japan.

On stage, Darrell has provided movement and choreography for the world premiere of Jeremy O. Harris’s off-Broadway play Daddy, Witness Uganda at American Repertory Theater directed by Tony Winner Diane Paulus, Sugar in Our Wounds at Manhattan Theatre Club, the off-Broadway musical Invisible Thread at Second Stage, the world premiere of Redwood at Portland Center Stage Theater, and Evita and Pride and Prejudice at Kansas City Repertory Theatre. He has collaborated with Tony Award-winning dancer Savion Glover and provided choreography for Beyoncé’s Mrs. Carter World Tour. Darrell also choreographed El Publico, a new opera at the world famous Teatro Real in Madrid, Spain directed by Robert Castro and Conducted by Robert Heras-Casado.

Moultrie is a proud New Yorker, born and raised in Harlem, and a graduate of P.S. 144, The Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts, Laguardia High School, and The Juilliard School.

A native of Buenos Aires, Ms. Simonetti trained as a dancer at Teatro Colon and danced with La Joven Guardia of Ballet Nacional de Cuba before becoming assistant to Laura Alonso and regisseur (stage director) for Cuballet. She was on the faculties of the Magda Aunon School of Ballet, Pittsburgh’s Point Park College, and the Baltimore School for the Arts before becoming ballet mistress for the esteemed Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 1995. As assistant to choreoprapher Daniel Ezralow she helped create the multi-media production Mandala for a South American tour; Torino Notte di Stelle, an arts special for Italian national television (RAI Uno); choreography for Pope John Paul II’s celebration of International Youth Day; and Aeros, an innovative showcase for the Romanian National Gymnastics Team. On her own, Ms. Simonetti staged Lady Lost Found, for the Bratislava Dance Theatre in Slovakia, and the pas de six from Bournonville’s Napoli for the National Ballet of Greece. She became rehearsal director for Ballet Arizona in 1997, but continues her active career as a visiting artist. She returns to Hubbard Street Dance Chicago every summer as a guest teacher, and was engaged in 2006 in a similar role by Montreal’s Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. Last season, Ms. Simonetti and Ib Andersen staged Andersen’s acclaimed production of Romeo and Juliet with Kansas City Ballet as the finale of that company’s 50th-anniversary season. Most recently Maria was a guest teacher for Nederlands Dans Theater.

BalletNext is a boundary-crossing platform, creating dynamic international performance collaborations between artists, students, and institutions.

In 2011, Michele Wiles – former principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre and one of New York’s most acclaimed dancers – founded the company with the vision to provide a collaborative performance platform. The result is the creation of new work showcasing forward-focused choreography, world class performers, and live music always.

Our history is also one of blending promising young talent with some of the world’s most respected dancers. We provide a bridge for emerging talent to take their work to the next level alongside top professionals, masters, and musicians.

Michele has been described as a ballet body driven by a contemporary mind. From a young age she was interested in creating a fusion of styles, and at age 8 she was competing at a national level, including an appearance on Ed McMahon’s Star Search.

At 10 years old, Michele left her Baltimore, MD home to train at the prestigious Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C. (1991-1997). It was during her time here, at the age of 16, that Michele became an award-winning dancer; taking the Gold Medal at the ‘Wimbledon of Ballet,’ the 18th International Ballet Competition in Varna, Bulgaria.

In 1998 Michele joined what is now America’s National Ballet Company®, American Ballet Theatre (ABT). Her talent saw her rise to the very top, dancing coveted principal roles in Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Sylvia, and more for six years. She also continued her contemporary journey, working with renowned modern dance choreographers including William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian, and Twyla Tharp.

As a dancer of the highest calibre in her field, Michele gained a unique perspective on the ballet world, and saw the potential to transform people’s expectations of what ballet could be. In 2011, she left ABT and started BalletNext; a company whose mission is to provide a platform for world-class artists, talented students, and renowned institutions to produce new work in an environment with art fusion at its core.

Artists she has collaborated with include legendary trumpet and flugelhorn player, Tom Harrell; energetic, daredevil founder of the Brooklyn Flexing dance style, Jay Donn; and Park City’s very own classical and flamenco guitarist, Jared Antonio Garcia Lyons.

Founded in 1986 from the merger of three companies, Ballet Arizona has become the Southwest’s premier professional ballet company. Today, the company consists of about 30 dancers under the direction of internationally acclaimed choreographer Ib Andersen, who was a principal dancer with the legendary George Balanchine and the New York City Ballet for more than a decade. When Ib joined Ballet Arizona as Artistic Director in 1999, he brought to Ballet Arizona artistic capabilities that had never before been seen in our state. Under his leadership, Ballet Arizona has mounted many seasons of successful ballet performances that have consistently received rave reviews not only locally but also in the center of the dance world, New York City.

Ballet Arizona is dedicated to preserving and celebrating classical dance while creating and commissioning new, innovative works. We are committed to supporting diversity throughout our organization and in our communities and take pride in sharing the rich tradition of classical ballet and the contemporary evolution of the art form with Arizona audiences.

Jessica McRoberts has had the pleasure of having a successful career in theatre over the past 25 years on Broadway, National Broadway Tours, and some of the finest Regional theaters in the country as well as appearances on great stages in NYC such as Radio City Music Hall, Carnegie Hall and City Center. She has worked on shows with Stephen Sondheim, Maury Yeston, Tommy Tune, Chita Rivera, Gwen Verdon, Kathleen Marshall, Jerry Mitchell, David Marquez, Chet Walker, Wayne Cilento, Matthew Warchus, Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice, David Leveaux, Christopher Gattelli, Michael Grief and Craig Carnelia. She has also served as an associate on productions.

Lately she has come to share her extensive knowledge of theater with her current students at STEPS on Broadway,as well as The Atlantic Theater Company Acting School, Marymount Manhattan College, The Horace Mann School and other institutions across the country. She is the proud co-Founder of CORE THEATRE GROUP.

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Ana Maria Lucaciu was born in Bucharest, Romania. After graduating from the National Ballet School of Canada she joined Canada’s National Ballet and went on to dance with the Royal Danish Ballet, Augsburg Ballet (Germany), The Portuguese Contemporary Dance Company (Lisbon) and most recently, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet in New York, where she danced for seven years.

Lucaciu has performed and created works with contemporary dance’s foremost choreographers, including Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite, Hofesh Shechter, Jiří Kylián, Alexander Ekman, Jo Stromgren, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, and many others. Holder of a BFA in dance from Empire State College, she collaborates and performs with a wide range of artists and companies, and freelances as a dancer and choreographer in her own right.

Ana Maria teaches ballet, contemporary, and improvisation workshops at professional programs and dance companies across the US and Europe. Lucaciu assisted Crystal Pite on the Polaris project at New York City Center. She currently assists Swedish choreographer Alexander Ekman with new creations and stages his work around the world.

GALLIM is a multidisciplinary organization expanding movement expression through live and digital art, education, and community building. Formed in 2007 to produce and perform the works of celebrated choreographer Andrea Miller, GALLIM has evolved into a nexus of creativity for artists, educators, students, and audiences, making meaningful contributions to life and culture through movement.

GALLIM’s live and virtual programs are internationally renowned for dance and dance education, offering free and low-cost studies in dance training, dancemaking, the collaborative practice, film for dance, and professional development. GALLIM invests in our community through our pioneering MOVING ARTIST residencies, community conversations and public events. GALLIM is a home for creative discovery, acceleration, and delivery of new work by providing support, consultation, and programming for individuals, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, and brands.

Award-winning commissions include works for nontraditional sites, public spaces, theater, dance, film, fashion, and brands. Partnerships include The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Met Breuer, The Guggenheim Museum, Frieze Festival, Art Basel, director Xavier Dolan with actors Jessica Chastain and Kit Herrington, Philip Johnson’s Glass House, Grace Farms, The Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall, Théâtre National de Chaillot de Paris, Sadler’s Wells, Royal Opera House, Tanz Bremen, Teatre Grec in Barcelona, Teatros Del Canal, Grand Theatre de la Ville de Luxembourg, BAM, The Joyce, Jacob’s Pillow, the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, Spoleto USA, Hermès, Calvin Klein, Lacoste, and Vogue. Miller’s most recent commissions include the pandemic responsive You Are Here a sculpture, sound, and performance installation for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, and Ailey II.

Photos: top: Anne Michele Mallory
bottom: Richard Frant, Summer Intensive Rehearsal

Ballet’s dynamic story in the American West

In 1996, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Founder Bebe Schweppe invited Tom Mossbrucker and Jean-Philippe Malaty to create a ballet company in Aspen. A unique, multidimensional arts organization developed rapidly from the ballet school Schweppe had established in the Rocky Mountains. “Bebe’s vision for Aspen to have its own ballet company was the project of a lifetime,” says Malaty, ASFB’s Executive Director. “We embarked together on a serendipitous adventure. More than twenty years later, the connection between the dancers and our two communities is deep and inextricable.”

Forging a new frontier

The company began modestly with seven dancers. Growth was organic. Friends in the field—Gerald Arpino, Trey McIntyre, Septime Webre, Dwight Rhoden—offered start-up repertoire. Moses Pendleton’s popular Noir Blanc was a seminal event for the young ASFB. It launched a tradition of commissioning new works. An open, exploratory style emerged as Mossbrucker and Malaty tapped the creative scene in Europe where classical ballet was breaking from its boundaries. The athletic and adventurous American dancers found themselves at a crossroads of dance history. The divide between ballet and modern dance was dissolving.

Innovative business model

In 2000, the Aspen, Colorado-based ballet company forged a dual-city relationship with Santa Fe, New Mexico, broadening its scope and lending crucial revenue diversification. Under this hybrid business model, a roster of arts activities flourishes year-round in both cities. Performance, education, presentation, and community outreach all join in the mix. In 2014, ASFB shared resources with a local troupe, Juan Siddi Flamenco Santa Fe (JSFSF). This entrepreneurial project led to artistic heights at Jacob’s Pillow and New York’s Joyce Theater. Fortified with new experience and relationships, JSFSF continues to thrive in its own right.

New commissions

ASFB’s mission places highest priority on developing new dance works and nurturing relationships with emerging choreographers. The company fostered the early careers of now in-demand global dance makers like Nicolo Fonte (nine commissioned Fonte works in the ASFB repertoire), Jorma Elo (three commissioned Elo works), Edwaard Liang, Jacopo Godani, Helen Pickett, Cayetano Soto, Alejandro Cerrudo, and others. Works by late 20th century masters—William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Twyla Tharp—round out the repertoire. “We value building relationships with choreographers who become integral to the company. The natural beauty of our surroundings has a profound impact on creativity. Our choreographers find it inspiring to create here,” says Mossbrucker, ASFB’s Artistic Director.

Renowned in the U.S. & abroad

Based in the American West, ASFB occupies the vanguard of its field, brandishing a strong national reputation. Repeat engagements at the American Dance Festival, Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Joyce Theater, The Kennedy Center, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, and Wolf Trap testify to the company’s popularity and ability to please audiences. The company has toured overseas as well, with prestigious invitations and bookings in Brazil, Canada, France, Greece, Guatemala, Israel, Italy, and Russia. Premier funders—National Endowment for the Arts, New England Foundation for the Arts / National Dance Project, Joyce Foundation, Shubert Foundation, Wolf Trap Foundation, Jerome Robbins Foundation, and Princess Grace Foundation—have supported ASFB’s growth.

Into a bright future

Since its founding in 1996, ASFB has carved a reputation as a dance-lover’s dance company. It has genuinely reshaped the field, introducing new choreographic talent to national stages, fostering a new breed of exceptional dancer, and stimulating audiences with high-caliber performances. Fueled by an annual budget of over $4 million and an endowment nearly twice that size, the company’s strong artistic vision is supported by solid financial footing.

Photo: Sharen Bradford

Tom Mossbrucker, Artistic Director, has been artistic director of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet since 1996. Over the course of his career Tom has built a prestigious arts organization sharing two homes in Aspen and Santa Fe. In his role as artistic director, Tom cultivates highly sophisticated and challenging works of contemporary ballet. His shining achievement is ASFB’s roster of 27 ballets created on commission by leading global choreographers.

Tom began to dance at age four, studying tap in his hometown of Tacoma, Washington. He pursued classical ballet training at the School of American Ballet and the Joffrey Ballet School. His twenty years as a principal dancer with the Joffrey Ballet, performing in over 70 ballets under the direct coaching of founders Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino, coincided with a period of high artistic achievement for the company. Tom danced in ballets by great twentieth century choreographers: Fredrick Ashton, George Balanchine, Laura Dean, William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Mark Morris, Paul Taylor and Twyla Tharp. Signature roles included Iago in Jose Limon’s The Moor’s Pavane; Champion Roper in Agnes DeMille’s Rodeo; Billy in Eugene Loring’s Billy the Kid; and Romeo in John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet.

This rich dance background Tom brings to coaching dancers today. In 2013, Tom shared an honor with Executive Director Jean-Philippe Malaty when the Santa Fe Community Foundation bestowed its Piñon Award on the company. In 2010, in recognition of ASFB’s contribution to the field of dance, Tom and Jean-Philippe Malaty were honored with the Joyce Theater Foundation Award. A former board member of Dance USA, Tom currently serves on the board of The Gerald Arpino and Robert Joffrey Foundation.

“We strive for continuity and enjoy bringing choreographers back to create second and third works…to us that is success.”
— Tom Mossbrucker

Photo: Sharen Bradford

Jessica Castro, The mother of a beautiful baby girl, was born and raised in Hartford Connecticut. She moved to New York City where she was immediately accepted into the Alvin Ailey American Dance program. Her career started as a Knicks City Dancer for the New York Knicks. Jessica has toured the world and danced for such artist as Beyoncé, Jennifer Hudson, Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Pharell, The Black Eyed Peas, Rihanna, Mariah Carey, Kelly Rowland, Will Smith and Mary J Blige. She has also been featured on such shows as American Idol, SNL, Oprah Winfrey Show, The View, Ellen, Good Morning America, America’s Got Talent, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with Jimmy Fallon, and more. Jessica has had the pleasure of performing on two Super Bowl halftime shows with Janet Jacksonand Beyonce, and at The opening ceremony of The World Cup In Africa.

You can also see her in countless movies such as Honey where she was a principle dancer as well as Jessica Alba’s dance double and in Idlewild where she played Bobbie the Showgirl. Jessica has been featured in several commercials, industrials and award shows. She was also in the smash hit “Fuerzabruta in New York City. Jessica was honored to part of the amazing cast of the NBC Special event The Wiz Live. And you can catch her in the blockbuster hit The Greatest Showman.

Amelia was born & raised in Thousand Oaks, CA. Growing up a competition dancer herself,

she was awarded many overall soloist awards & scholarships from competitions & conventions

all over California, including a one year scholarship to Millennium Dance Complex in Los

Angeles. Amelia then continued her professional career & training in North Hollywood, CA for

many years.

Some of her credits include In The Heights, Legally Blonde, Kinky Boots, Peter

Pan, Elf The Musical, The Hello Kitty Festival National Tour, Chicago 25th Anniversary Event,

Nickelodeon’s Big Time Rush, Good Morning America, Disney’s ‘Camp Rock 2’ Promo, FOX

‘Mobbed’, Rosario Dawson’s ‘Voto Latino’ Campaign, Maya Angelou’s ‘Harlem Hopscotch’

Music Video, & NY Theatre Barn. Amelia is professionally represented by LDC Artist

Representation Agency in NYC.

She currently is a Guest Teacher at the legendary Steps On

Broadway in NYC & also is Teaching Artist for Liberate Artists LLC, traveling to teach intensives

all over the U.S., Hawaii, & Australia. Amelia has danced for the famous Choreographers, Galen

Hooks, NabbyTabs, Tyce Diorio, Matt Cady, Billy Griffen, Beau Fournier, & Neil Schwartz. She

was a featured dancer & one of the Assistant Production coordinators for the World famous

dance show, Choreographers’ Carnival in L.A. She was a Company Member & Assistant for the

popular L.A. based Company, Mischief Makers. They were invited to perform all across Los

Angeles, Hawaii, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, & San Francisco. Amelia travels the U.S. judging

Dance Competitions for Star Dance Alliance. Over her career, she has taught & choreographed

at numerous dance studios, high schools, & Universities all over the country, including UCLA,

CSUN, University of Delaware. Amelia resides in NYC, continuing to pursue her professional

dance, musical theatre & teaching career.

Lakey founded Lakey Wolff & Company after 14 years at CESD Talent Agency, New York, where she was a top agent and respected leader in her field. She focuses on the development of artists, tailoring a team to fit each client individually using her deep resources, relationships, and contacts in every area of the entertainment industry. Lakey is the Founder of her own full-service company concentrating solely on artists that are ready to focus on their career in any stage. Her strong interests and experience in theatre, film, TV, and dance gives Lakey a unique ability to position her elite roster of clients for success.

Tiler Peck is an award-winning principal Dancer with the New York City Ballet, an actress, choreographer and designer. She added the title of curator to her ever-growing list of accolades when she launched and starred in the Los Angeles Music Center’s presentation of BalletNOW, a part of the Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance At The Music Center program. Tiler also starred in the Hulu feature documentary, Ballet Now from Paul Allen’s Vulcan Productions with executive producer, Elisabeth Moss and director, Steven Cantor. She recently had the honor of choreographing the box office smash action movie, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum.

Ms. Peck was born in Bakersfield, California where she began her dance training at the age of two at her mom’s dance studio. At the age of 14, she entered the School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet, full time. The same year, she became an apprentice with the New York City Ballet and in a few short months was asked to join the Company as a member of the corps de ballet. Tiler was promoted to Soloist in 2006 and to Principal Dancer in 2009 where she remains to this day.

Tiler made her Broadway debut as Gracie Shinn in Meredith Wilson’s The Music Man at the age of 11 and also appeared on Broadway as Ivy Smith in the Tony Nominated On The Town. She portrayed the role of Louise in the Emmy-nominated production of New York Philharmonic’s Live From Lincoln Center production of Carousel and recently played the title role in Susan Stroman’s newest musical, Little Dancer, at the Kennedy Center. She is attached to star in the production, now called Marie, for its Broadway run.

Tiler’s most recent work can be seen in Season 7 of Ray Donovan where she appeared opposite of Liev Shreiber and in the currently streaming Netflix series Tiny Pretty Things playing Sienna Milken. As a guest star, she was the first ballerina ever to appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, she guested on Dancing with The Stars for three seasons, the Bravo TV show Rocco’s Dinner Party and on Julie Andrews’ Netflix series, Julie’s Greenroom. She also starred in the film Ballet 422.

Ms. Peck had the honor of performing for President Obama at the 2012 and 2014 Kennedy Center Honors. She was the 2004 Mae L. Wien Award winner, the Janice Levin Honoree for 2006-2007, winner of the Leonide Massine’s Positano Premia La Danza for International Emerging Artists and a 2004 recipient of a Princess Grace Foundation- USA Dance Fellowship. In 2013, she was named Forbes 30 under 30 in Hollywood Entertainment and won the Princess Grace Statue Award. She also received the 2016 Dance Magazine Award.

Tiler developed and produces a daily ballet class, #TurnItOutWithTiler, initially aimed at helping people stay connected and moving during the COVID-19 pandemic. The show’s down to earth tone coupled with its very necessary purpose attracted the attention of A-list ballet enthusiasts like Jennifer Garner, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kelly Ripa, Jennifer Nettles, Leslie Odom Jr., Josh Groban and more who all recently guested on the show.

Ms. Peck is the designer of Tiler Peck Designs for Body Wrappers, a studio to streetwear clothing line that includes bodysuits, dresses, leggings, shorts, skirts, rompers and bra tops in addition to leotards and tutus. Her first children’s book was published on May 5, 2020 from Simon & Schuster called Katarina Ballerina. With the universal language of dance as a backdrop, the title character, Katarina, learns that with hard work and determination everything is possible and the qualities that make us different can often be our biggest strengths.

Based in New York City, LDC Artist Representation prides itself

in providing quality service and guidance to the finest directors, choreographers, and artists in the industry. With vast theatrical and commercial expertise, the team of LDC Artist Representation sets the standard for the entertainment industry. The agency strives to maintain a small, high caliber roster so as to establish a true business partnership with each client. Based in New York City, LDC Artist Representation prides itself

in providing quality service and guidance to the finest directors, choreographers, and artists in the industry. With vast theatrical and commercial expertise, the team of LDC Artist Representation sets the standard for the entertainment industry. The agency strives to maintain a small, high caliber roster so as to establish a true business partnership with each client.

Lucille DiCampli

Lucille is one of the most influential agents in the professional dance world. She was originally with BBA on the West Coast, and for the last decade, was the founder and director of McDonald Selznick Associates/New York office. Her choreography clients have worked on Broadway, television, film and recording artists tours and have earned countless Emmy and Tony nods. She is excited to open LDC Artist Representation, where she will be able to fully focus her energies on the agency’s superb talent roster along with her associates including Ryan Sander.

Ellenore Scott (she/her) is a New York based choreographer and content creator. Broadway: Funny Girl, Mr. Saturday Night. Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors, Titanique. Other choreography credits include: Single All the Way (Netflix), Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical.

Scott’s work has been seen at The Bushwick Starr, The Old Globe, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, McCarter Theatre, Cherry Lane Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Cape Fear Regional Theatre and Seattle Repertory Theatre.

As a performer, Scott appeared in numerous television shows (Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Smash, Glee!) and was a finalist and All-Star on So You Think You Can Dance? Scott is the Artistic Director of ELSCO Dance, a contemporary-fusion dance company. As a content creator, Scott makes lifestyle, dance and comedy videos for over 1 million followers on TikTok. @ellenorescott/@ellenoreshoto

Greg is an Agent in the New York office of MCDONALD SELZNICK ASSOCIATES (MSA Agency), where represents a diverse roster of high caliber Creatives and Performers, working across all mediums. He is also a freelance educator, having taught for several colleges, universities, and industry training programs. Prior to working as an agent, Greg worked numerous productions as the Associate Director to Tony Nominee Patricia Birch. Greg also previously worked as a NYC Casting Director. His cast of HAPPY BIRTHDAY WANDA JUNE received a New York Times Critic’s Pick. Additionally, he cast THE LIGHTNING THIEF, the Drama Desk Nominated Best Musical recently played Broadway, and his cast can be heard on the top-selling original cast album. Greg holds a master’s degree in Entertainment Business from FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY. He graduated as the class Valedictorian and earned the program’s Advanced Achievement Award in a course of study that included executive leadership, negotiation and deal making, entertainment business finance, media publishing and distribution, and advanced entertainment law. His undergraduate degree is from the prestigious Theatre Arts Program at MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE.

Ballet Hispánico, the premier Latino dance organization in the United States, has been bringing individuals and communities together to celebrate and explore Latino cultures through dance for nearly 50 years. Whether dancing on stage, in school, or in the street, Ballet Hispánico creates a space where few institutions are breaking ground.

The organization’s founder, National Medal of Arts recipient Tina Ramirez, sought to give voice to the Hispanic experience and break through stereotypes. Today, Ballet Hispánico is led by Eduardo Vilaro, an acclaimed choreographer and former member of the Company, whose vision of social equity, cultural identity, and quality arts education for all drives its programs.

Ballet Hispánico, a role model in and for the Latino community, is inspiring creativity and social awareness in our neighborhoods and across the country by providing access to arts education.

Randy James, Founding Artistic Director of 10 Hairy Legs, has made a significant impact in the field of dance for more than three decades locally, regionally, nationally and internationally as a highly regarded dancer, choreographer, teacher, guest lecturer, panelist and staunch advocate of the arts. His impact in the field led The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation to cite him as “The Patron Saint of New Jersey dance” in 2010. As a choreographer, James has created more than 40 works on his own companies and on 16 other professional companies throughout the United States, garnering positive reviews from The New York Times and The Village Voice. The New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State honored him three times with Choreography Fellowships in recognition of his artistic excellence and named him “Distinguished Teaching Artist.”

“Mindfulness based, strength building yoga that compliments all aspects of your dance training. Come for good music, intuitive flows and a supportive and welcoming community.”

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Jess Hendricks graduated from the University of Colorado with a BFA in Dance. Her training and education includes Perry Mansfield School of the Performing Arts, American Dance Festival, Harvard Dance Festival, EDGE Scholarship, Gus Giordano and Hubbard Dance Street.

Her credits include commercials and industrials for Godiva, L’Oreal, Reebok, Toys R Us, Universal Studios, Volkswagen and Warner Brothers. Jess worked on the European tour of HAIR as Dance Captain for years, performed for the opening premiers of Moulin Rouge and The Great Gatsby and can be seen in such movies as Living Out Loud and Between The Sheets. She has danced in or been the assistant choreographer to the World Ski Championships, Elan Awards, Bob Fosse Awards, Ms. America Pageant, CARNIVAL, Dance Break and Broadway Bares.

Jess has choreographed the New York musicals “The Shaggs,” “The Book Of The Dun Cow” and “Dead City” as well as the movie musical “Free Fall.” She has choreographed the music video “Just A Dress” for the Berlin Film Festival and Sofia Strati’s “Mia Agapi Fotia” for Eurovision.

Jess has taught at Universities and Festivals throughout Canada, Costa Rica, Cyprus, France, Italy, Japan, Korea, Norway and the United States. Jess was a company member with “The Wes Veldink Movement” and Co-Created her own company “Two Peas & A Pod” in NYC. She has created work for A Great Big World and Alicia Keys Set The World On Fire Tour. Jess has debuted work at Carnegie Hall and Brooklyn Academy of Music, as well as set work at Marymount Manhattan College, Point Park University, PACE University, James Madison University, Houston METdance, Dallas Black Dance Theater Encore, DanceWorks Chicago, Wanderlust Dance Project and Dance Lab New York. Jess is currently an adjunct professor at PACE University, on faculty with 24Seven Dance Convention and a Co-Founder of Dancers Give Back Dallas.

JENN FREEMAN is an American choreographer, dance performer, and educator based in New York City. Most recent commission: a new work for The Martha Graham Dance Company premiering in 2022.

In 2019 Jenn directed and choreographed Freemove Dance’s evening-length work …it’s time… Jenn has also worked alongside Sonya Tayeh as choreographic associate. Select credits include: American Ballet Theater, Gibney Company, Martha Graham Dance Company, Juilliard School, Guggenheim W&P, LA Ballet, Cirque du Soleil.

Upcoming/In-development: www.dancethursday.com

Ayana Momoki, a native of Japan began her classical ballet training with Vaganova Method at very early age. After continuing her ballet training throughout high school, she moved to the US and studied Theater Jazz, Lyrical Jazz, modern, contemporary, Hip-Hop, and aerial.

She has worked with choreographers such as Richard Pierlon, Derek Mitchell, Peter Gregus, Amit Shah, and many more. She has performed in “Mystic India – The World Tour” season 2016-2020 including South Africa tour and US national tours, NBA – Philadelphia 76ers halftime show, Wendy Williams show “Can you feel it? (Dance remix),” Red Bucket Flolies, Broadway Bares, and a short movie, Time difference (Choreographer).

Ianthe began dancing at the young age of three in Bedford, England. She began her dance career with Ballet and Odissi before finding Latin American Ballroom and Contemporary, Capoeira, Stepping, House, and Hip Hop. She graduated from Middlesex University in London with a degree in Dance Studies. As a fitness teacher, her class is currently in its ninth year. Ianthe has had the privilege of partnering with and teaching for brands like Nike, Reebok, ASOS, Adidas and Sweaty Betty. Now based in New York, Ianthe is a performer, teacher and creator.

Iris Wilson was an original (featured) cast member of the three time Tony award winning Broadway musical Fela! directed by Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones. Other theater credits include: Sowa’s Red Gravy directed by Woodie King Jr., performed at Castillo Theater, Wobledo directed by Tony Award winner Trazana Beverly, performed at the Williamstown Theater Festival, Judson Memorial Church and Dance Theater Works, The Rights of Passage performed at the Tribeca Performing Arts Theater, A Girl’s Tears on A Woman’s Face performed at Jamaica Center for the Performing Arts, The Colored Museum performed at the Old Castle Theater in Bennington, Vermont.

Iris has performed in The St. Lucia Jazz Festival with the world-renowned Afro-Beat drummer Tony Allen. She also performed in Dance Africa Denver 2014. She has recorded with Stephen Marley singing background vocals on his latest release “Made In Africa.” Her film credits include the following shorts: Earl’s Post Prison Playdate OBC productions (seen in UrbanWorld Film festival and Bossip), Love Train and Reverend M Oreh productions. Iris has performed nationally and internationally with various dance companies such as Opus Dance Theater Inc, Bouso African Dance Company, Haiti Dancsco, Dinizulu African Dancers and Drummers, KaNu Dance Theater and Fela the Musical.

As a choreographer, her work has been presented in the first Black National Dance Festival in Vienna Austria, the International Dance Festival in Costa Rica, the world’s famous Apollo Theater in New York City, the Late Night Artist series at the Pillsbury Theater in Minneapolis, Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan and Dance Africa Denver. Iris is the author of two children’s books, Boys Dance Too and Fela! Let Music Be the Weapon.

She holds a master’s degree in dance education from New York University. She currently travels to Santiago De Cuba to teach, perform and collaborate with Santiago’s premier dance company Cutumba. She is the founder and artistic director of I Dance Movement a dance school for children ages 3-18 years old in Clinton Hills, Brooklyn.

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Jonathan Campbell holds a BFA in dance from The Juilliard School. He co-founded MADBOOTS DANCE in 2011 along with Austin Diaz and they have since toured their work nationally and internationally. The duo has been named “25 to watch” by Dance Magazine and are the recipients of several awards and honors, including the Inception to Exhibition Space Grant, Dancenow’s Joe’s Pub Festival Challenge winner, Creative Development Residencies at Jacob’s Pillow, and Choreographers on Campus at Lafayette College.

In just six years, the duo’s athletic and poignant choreography has been sought after and commissioned by various companies and schools, including Suny Purchase, Point Park University, Desales University, Booker T. Washington HSPVA, NYC Tisch School of the Arts, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Dark Circles Contemporary Dance, and Whim W’him.

Sonya Tayeh is a New York City based choreographer and director. Since paving her professional career, her work has been characterized as a blend of powerful versatility and theatrical range.

Selected credits include: Moulin Rouge! (Colonial Theatre/Dir. Alex Timbers), The Lucky Ones (Ars Nova/Dir. Anne Kauffman), Face the Torrent for Malpaso Dance Co. (commissioned by The Joyce Theatre), You’ll Still Call Me By Name (commissioned by New York Live Arts and Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival), Martha Graham Dance Company’s Lamentation Variation Series, Hundred Days (New York Theatre Workshop/Dir. Anne Kauffman), The Skin Of Our Teeth (Theatre for a New Audience/Dir. Arin Arbus), Andrew Lippas’ The Wild Party (City Center Encores!/Dir. Leigh Silverman), Kung Fu (Signature Theatre/Dir. Leigh Silverman)

Tayeh has directed and choreographed for world renowned music artists including Miley Cyrus (Directed and Choreographed The Gypsy Heart Tour), Florence and the Machine (Choreographed performances for The Brit Awards, The Voice and American Idol), Kyle Minogue (Aphrodite Tour)

She has gleaned many accolades for her versatile work, including two Emmy nominations for Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance, a Drama Desk nomination, an Obie Award and two Lucille Lortel Awards for “Outstanding Choreography” for her work on Kung Fu and The Lucky Ones.

10 Hairy Legs (Randy James, founding Artistic Director) is a male repertory dance company performing newly commissioned and curated works. Since their founding in 2012 they have commissioned 16 works from choreographers Doug Varone, Doug Elkins, Tiffany Mills, Manuel Vignoulle, Julie Bour, Megan Williams, Al Blackstone, Raja Feather Kelly, Nicholas Sciscione, and Yin Yue. They have served more than 80,000 patrons, students, artists and educators throughout the NY/NJ region; nationally and internationally in the Cayman Islands and Cape Town, South Africa. Broadcasts have included NJTV’s State of the arts, the Meredith Vieira Show and Nick Cannon’s Red Nose Dancathon. Dance Education is an important part of their mission and they provide a wide range of programs for all ages exemplifying the many facets of maleness expressed through dance to more than 4,500 students and educators each year.

Meredith Webster grew up in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, studying under Jean Wolfmeyer. She worked with Sonia Dawkins and Donald Byrd in Seattle, and earned a BS in Environmental Science from the University of Wisconsin before moving to San Francisco to work with LINES. In her nine seasons as a dancer with the company, Webster originated many central roles and received a Princess Grace Award.

In 2014 she moved into the role of Ballet Master. Since then, she has performed with Ledoh/Salt Farm, worked with the Maureen Whiting Company, and co-created Empress Archer, an evening-length duet produced by The Cambrians of Chicago. Webster has served as a faculty member for all of the LINES programs, and as a guest teacher around the world. She has contributed as a writer to Dance Spirit and Conversations, and in 2018 she choreographed and starred in Mirrors, a short film by Mary Marxen.

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Since 1982, Alonzo King LINES Ballet has collaborated with noted composers, musicians and visual artists from around the word to create performances that alter the way we look at ballet today. Its unique artistic vision adheres to the classical form – the linear, mathematical and geometrical principles that are deeply rooted in the pre-existing East-West continuum.

With each collaboration, LINES Ballet investigates deeply rooted affinities between Western and Eastern classical forms, elemental materials, the natural world, and the human spirit. At LINES Ballet, the artistic investigation is infinite and essential for it leads to what unites us as human beings: empathy, joy, and the ability to transcend.

Laurence developed a passion for dance at a young age as a native of Burgundy, France. Her background includes Ballet, Contemporary Dance, Contact Improvisation, Flamenco, Butoh, Martial Arts, Acting and Singing.

She has been dancing Argentine Tango for the past 20 years and has studied in Europe, Argentina and the US under the mentorship of renowned teachers. She has had the opportunity to explore Tango’s many facets from Tango Salon to Tango Nuevo, and Tango Escenario.

Laurence performs throughout the New York area often. Notable works include “Voces del Tango” directed by Pablo Zinger performed at Teatro Latea, The Clemente Soto Vélez Center and The Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York as well as “Empire Milonga” at DanceSport with Maximiliano Paradiso, Papillon Opera night with singer Gizelxanath and “Tangoh”, a Tango/Butoh fusion performance at Bowery Poetry Club. Laurence is currently preparing for the US Argentine Tango championship in San Francisco coming up in April 2019.

SARA BRIANS is a New York City based director, choreographer and educator. She is currently the US Associate Choreographer for The Hills of California on Broadway directed by Sam Mendes, and is choreographing the upcoming production of Anything Goes at Gulfshore Playhouse this fall. With a varied career, she has worked on Broadway (42nd Street, Billy Elliot, Matilda, White Christmas, The Terms of My Surrender, and After the Night and the Music), across the globe, and with prestigious institutions including The Radio City Rockettes, The Kennedy Center, New York City Center, Goodspeed Opera House, The 5th Avenue Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Theatre Aspen and many more. She loves developing new musicals in addition to directing and choreographing revivals, and has also directed and choreographed numerous industrials, concerts, and entertainment events. Her recent work includes choreography for regional productions of Rock of Ages, Guys and Dolls, Sunset Boulevard, and Mary Poppins. Her faculty credits include The Juilliard School, NYU, Pace University and Manhattan School of Music. For more, visit SaraBrians.com and @brianssarak on instagram.

Betty is a New York City-based dancer, actor, singer, choreographer, and teaching artist. Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, Betty’s earliest dance training was heavily influenced by contemporary and modern styles. She received a Bachelor of Science in Entertainment Business from Oklahoma City University, studying stage management, producing, lighting design, directing, development and fundraising, and more; all in addition to dancing and performing with the Ann Lacy School of Dance and Arts Management.

As a dancer and performer, Betty is signed with CESD Talent. She has performed at regional theaters (Maltz Jupiter Theater, Fireside Theatre), on national tours (ELF: The Musical), and in tv/film (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Law and Order). Some special career highlights are performing in Freddie Falls in Love at the Joyce Theatre, and inside the MET Gala with Leslie Odom Jr- directed by Baz Luhrman and choreographed by Andy Blankenbeuhler. She regularly participates in fundraising performances for various causes (BCEFA, Arts for Alz, Leg Up On Life), as well as industry showcases (DanceBreak, Kiss My Face).

In addition to performing, Betty collaborates with numerous choreographers on productions, events, and tv shows. Some of these include Al Blackstone, Billy Griffin, Andy Blankenbeuhler, Karla Puno-Garcia, Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, Jen Jencuska, Michael Mindlin, Marcos Santana, and more. She is currently an associate choreographer on the Broadway musical SiX, and is trusted by many as a creative partner. In addition, she has choreographed her own works for music videos, industrials, short films, and stage. She continues to create and collaborate on projects in addition to her career as a performer.

Betty is deeply passionate about dance and its ability to create connection. She is frequently seen at Steps on Broadway, Broadway Dance Center, or Peridance, sharing space with other dancers and supporting the community at large. She is invested in creating work that inspires, empowers, or simply entertains. She loves yoga, hiking, and writing essays. She is an open, curious, and ambitious artist.

Andrea Miller is a choreographer, creative director and founder of the internationally renowned multidisciplinary organization GALLIM, working in live and digital movement and education. Miller’s works for theater, film, fashion, and dance have been described as “as ancient as they are ultra modern.” A Guggenheim, Sadler’s Wells, and Princess Grace Fellow, Miller is the first-ever choreographer to be named Artist in Residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and in 2017 she was featured in Forbes magazine for entrepreneurial leadership in the arts.

Miller is currently working deeply in film and site-specific work, and recently conceived of You Are Here, a sound, sculpture, and performance installation for Lincoln Center with 25 community members processing the pandemic through breath, music, theater and dance. Her films and dance works have been screened/performed worldwide at venues including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum, Art Basel, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, The Joyce, Jacob’s Pillow, BAM, Royal Albert Hall, Sadlers Wells, Chaillot de Paris, Teatro Nacional de Panama, and more. Additional recent commissions include New York City Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, Pennsylvania Ballet, Rambert2, Ailey II, and The Juilliard School.

Miller is an adjunct professor at Marymount Manhattan College and guest faculty at The Juilliard School. Her repertory, creative methodology, and dance training are taught across the country.

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Katherine Jimenez is an international dance performer, instructor, choreographer, and entrepreneur. Born in New York City, Katherine Jimenez began her dance training at The Ailey School in the Junior Division at a very young age. In 2014, she graduated from The Ailey School Pre-Professional Division. As well as from the Professional Performing Arts High School with the award for Excellence in Dance and Outstanding Achievement in Dance. Currently, she is pursuing a master’s degree at NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, in the Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions.

While at Ailey, she had the opportunity to train in many different classical techniques, allowing her to work with prominent teachers, choreographers, and dancers from around the world, though never forgetting her first love, Mambo. At the tender age of 6, she began training and studying with renowned masters on NY Style Mambo.

On a mission to make tools for mental, emotional, and physical health accessible for all, through movement. Katherine created her own streaming platform, KJon2.com, which provides high quality classes in different dance techniques and practices to support and inspire people of all ages, ethnicities, and backgrounds across the globe.

After years of training and performing all around the world, Katherine was recognized by The New York Times as the first NY Style Mambo instructor at The Ailey School with the Ailey Extension, in 2016. Then interviewed, by Vanessa Freeman and Dan Mannarino on PIX11 discussing the Origins of Mambo and Katherine’s role in the cast of In the Heights, the movie directed by Jon M. Chu, written by Quiara Alegría Hudes and Lin Manuel Miranda.

With almost 20 years of experience, Katherine is able to break down complex patterns so that everyone can understand them while teaching traditional technique with contemporary style encouraging everyone to the dance floor.

Jason’s career in entertainment has been limitless. From LA, NY, London, television, music videos, tours, stage and film, hehas done it all! After graduating high school early to start his professional career Jason got a taste of reality television as a top 8 male finalist on Season 2 of “So You Think You Can Dance.” After his “So You Think You Can Dance” journey he has worked with artists like Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys, Paula Abdul, Jordan Sparks, Keri Hilson, Demi Lavato, Christina Aguilera, Kelsea Ballerini, Ne-Yo, Beyonce, BANKS and many more. He’s graced the prestigious stage of awards shows such as “The Academy Awards”, “The Country Music Awards”, “The MTV Awards”, “The BET Awards”, “The Emmys”, “The Peoples Choice Awards” and “The Billboard Awards”. Jason was also the original cast of the incredible Las Vegas show Showstoppers at the Wynn Hotel choreographed by Marguerite Derricks featuring original A Chorus Line choreography taught by original cast member Baayork Lee. He has danced on television shows such as “Dancing with the Stars”, “Rupaul’s Drag Race”, “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, “Saturday

Night Live”, “Mad TV” and “Lip Syncs Battle”.

Jason also lived in London for a year while working on X-factor UK with Brian

Freidman. Living in London afforded him the opportunity to teach and share his industry knowledge at the world famous Pineapple Dance Studio and studios all over Europe. Along with television Jason has been a principal dancer in over a dozen feature films; Including the iconic Disney franchise High School Musical choreographed and directed by Kenny Ortega, the remake of FAME choreographed by Marguerite Derricks, Hairspray Live choreographed by Jerry Mitchell and most recently the remake of Dirty Dancing choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler.

Along with dance Jason has studied at the prestigious Lesly Khan Acting Studio in Los Angeles landing him acting roles on HBO’s “Hung”, a national Super Bowl commercial for Pepsi and a currently running Hotels.com national commercial.

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Jason’s training and exposure to all forms of dance led him to a very versatile and extensive career. It is from this training and exposure that Jason likes to pull from when creating movement. His style, musicality, soulful approach to movement and years of industry experience has equipped him with tons of knowledge that he loves sharing with his fellow artist. He believes in nurturing the X-factor and cultivating the stardom inside of every dancer he teaches.

cultivating the stardom inside of every dancer he teaches

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TINA FINKELMAN BERKETT grew up in New York City. Under the tutelage of Michele Cuccaro Cain, she trained and learned to love dance. Tina attended Stuyvesant High School and Barnard College, Columbia University where she graduated summa cum laude with degrees in math and economics. Upon graduation, she joined Aszure Barton & Artists and performed with the company throughout the United States, including at Jacob’s Pillow and Spoleto festivals. Tina became Aszure Barton’s assistant and taught alongside Barton both in the US and abroad. She had the incredible honor of being a founding member of Mikhail Baryshnikov’s Hell’s Kitchen Dance, where she also served as the company’s dancer liaison.

In 2007, Tina moved to Los Angeles and founded BODYTRAFFIC with Lillian Barbeito. Tina often says BODYTRAFFIC is “the dream come true, that [she] never knew she had.” She is so thankful for the past 14 years and feels incredibly in debt to all who have played a part in this incredible journey. In particular, Tina must thank her family and her children Jack and Sofia for being her greatest inspirations and supports.

Complexions was founded in 1994 by Master Choreographer Dwight Rhoden and the legendary Desmond Richardson with a singular approach to reinventing dance through a groundbreaking mix of methods, styles and cultures. Today, Complexions represents one of the most recognized and respected performing arts brands in the World. Having presented an entirely new and exciting vision of human movement on 5-continents, over 20-countries, to over 20-million television viewers and to well over 300,000 people in live audiences, Complexions is poised to continue its mission of bring unity to the world one dance at a time.

Complexions has received numerous awards including The New York Times Critics’ Choice Award. It has appeared throughout the US, including the Joyce Theater/NY, Lincoln Center/NY, Brooklyn Academy of Music/NY, Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts/New Orleans, Paramount Theatre/Seattle, The Music Center/Los Angeles, Winspear Opera House/Dallas, Cutler Majestic Theater/Boston, New Victory Theater/NY, and Music Hall/Detroit, The Bolshoi Theater, The Kremlin, The Mikhailovsky Theater, Melbourne Arts Center, and will make it’s debut at the Kennedy Center in 2017, as a part of Ballet Across America.

The Company has appeared at major European dance festivals including Italy’s Festival of Dance ,the Isle De Dance Festival in Paris, the Maison De La Dance Festival in Lyon, the Holland Dance Festival, Steps International Dance Festival in Switzerland, Łódź Biennale, Warsaw Ballet Festival, Kraków Spring Ballet Festival, the Dance Festival of Canary Islands/Spain, and the Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur/Canada. In addition Complexions has toured extensively throughout the Baltic Regions, Korea, Brazil, Japan, Egypt, Israel, Russia, New Zealand, Bermuda, Serbia, Jamaica, and Australia.

The company’s foremost innovation is that dance should be about removing boundaries, not reinforcing them. Whether it be the limiting traditions of a single style, period, venue, or culture, Complexions transcends them all, creating an open, continually evolving form of dance that reflects the movement of our world—and all its constituent cultures—as an interrelated whole.

In 2006, Complexions held their first Summer Intensive program, serving 80 students in its first year. The program has grown to multiple cities and serves over up to 600 students annually. Since 2009, a Winter Intensive was added to the roster, serving an additional 400 students, and CCB added its Pre- Professional Program in 2016. Complexions’ artistic directors and company members teach master classes throughout the world, sharing the Complexions technique with dancers of all levels.

Together, Rhoden and Richardson have created in Complexions an institution that embodies its historical moment, a sanctuary where those passionate about dance can celebrate its past while simultaneously building its future. In the 24 years since its inception, the company has born witness to a world that is becoming more fluid, more changeable, and more culturally interconnected than ever before—in other words, a world that is becoming more and more like Complexions itself.

Maxx Reed is a movement artist on a mission to show compassion through choreography & creative collaboration. He’s a multi-genre performer, educator, choreographer & director, as well as a multi-medium filmmaker based out of NYC. Originally from Memphis, Maxx is trained in styles spanning from classical ballet to hip hop. As a performer, his credits include: Broadway debut Spiderman: Turn off the Dark; music videos: Michael Jackson’s “Hold My Hand” & Beyonce’s “Who Run The World (Girls)”; television: ABC’s “Dance War: Bruno vs Carrie Ann”, “The Tony Awards”, & “American Music Awards” with Usher; and, film: Michael Jackson’s This Is It. Credits also include: commercials for Virgin Mobile, and Knott’s Berry Farm; local theater: Cats, Westside Story, and Jesus Christ Superstar; and, principal dancer at New Ballet Ensemble.

As a movement educator, Maxx attributes his current success to New Ballet Ensemble (NBE) & their scholarship that provided his initial dance education. Because of the NBE scholarship, Maxx received formal dance training in styles including Horton, Graham, and Forsyth that molded his street-style into a career that led to Broadway & beyond. Teaching students of all ages & backgrounds, he aims to make a social impact by paying forward the formal education & training that helped launch his professional career. Through technique & eight-counts, Maxx motivates students to express themselves and find inspiration in performance art— teaching at master workshops & mentorship programs both nationwide & global.

As a choreographer & director, his mission is to create movement that allows performers to inspire audiences through emotion, narration, and motion. Maxx’s choreography work consists of concert dance, musical theatre, and commercial music. His clients include: concert: Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You”; musicals: Claudio Quest and “Nikola Drops the Beat”; and music videos: SEE’s “She Cries” and “Potions”. His goal is to show compassion through choreography & creative collaboration— emphasizing his role as a dance educator and multi-platform storyteller.

Dubbed “smoldering” by The New York Times, Mark Stuart Dance Theatre brings gravity-defying movement and dramatic storytelling to the stage, screen, and printed page. Under the artistic direction of award-winning choreographer Mark Stuart, Mark Stuart Dance Theatre expresses the physical and emotional rawness of human relationships through a bold and explosive blend of dance movement.

Mark Stuart Dance Theatre’s “stunningly beautiful” work has been featured in films, commercials, music videos, on Broadway, at International Dance Festival Jacob’s Pillow, and in an exclusive performance for Madonna. The company brings together a stunning array of dance styles and backgrounds, featuring an all-star cast of Broadway gypsies from Movin’ Out, Memphis, Wicked, Come Fly Away, Lion King, In The Heights, Spiderman, Billy Elliott, Promises Promises, and former members of legendary dance companies Parsons Dance, Momix, Hubbard Street, and Pilobolus.

Lauded by the Chicago Sun Times as “brilliant… steel-cut perfection,” Mark Stuart has been named a rising star of the entertainment world by The Times Square Chronicle. As Founder and Executive Artistic Director of Mark Stuart Dance Theatre, Stuart’s powerfully elegant choreography has revolutionized story-telling with intense gravity-defying partnering.

His choreography and performances have been featured in films, commercials, music videos, on Broadway, at Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center. Stuart most recently served as Choreographer on the Diesel: Fuel for Life television ad campaign. He currently appears in a Revlon commercial with Olivia Wilde, was recently featured in an exclusive performance for Madonna, and served as Assistant Choreographer for the world-premiere Broadway musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.

Stuart is the recipient of 2011 BroadwayWorld Award for Choreography for The Wiz, hailed as “a work of art.” A two-time Joseph Jefferson Award winner for Choreography (Swing!, The All Night Strut), Mark is also an LA Ovation Award nominee for Featured Actor in a Musical (Swing!). Choreography credits include Broadway: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Chance and Chemistry, “Broadway Bares XXI”, “Gypsy of the Year”. Regional: Lincoln Center Spring Gala, Babalu, Erotic Broadway, The Wiz, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Life Could Be A Dream, among others. Performance credits include Cats, West Side Story, Les Miserables, Swing!, and Miss Saigon. While film credits are as diverse as Idlewild, Bolden, and The Great Observer, Mark Stuart has also appeared in and choreographed several music videos. A two- time American Lindy Hop Champion, Stuart has enjoyed international celebrity for his role in Swing!, appearing in numerous TV specials and concerts worldwide.

Christopher Jarosz started his dance training at a very early age. After continuing his dance training throughout high school, Chris was accepted to the prestigious Southern Methodist University dance program on scholarship. At SMU, Chris studied ballet, modern, and jazz, and performed works by Twyla Tharp, Alvin Ailey, William Forsythe, Paul Taylor as well as many others. His choreography at SMU was often featured in Best of Student Choreography showcases.

In 2008, Chris auditioned for the fourth season of the hit reality TV show “So You Think You Can Dance”, and made it all the way to the top 20 dancers. There, he had the honor of working with Mia Michaels, Tyce Diorio, Wade Robson, and Tabitha and Napoleon. After the show, Chris returned to college where he graduated with a BFA in dance. Immediately after graduation, he was offered an original cast member role in Cirque Du Soleil’s Viva ELVIS! in Las Vegas. Cirque Du Soleil handpicked Chris to represent the show on many television shows, such as “So You Think You Can Dance”, “Dancing With the Stars”, “The Bachelor”, and “The Emmy’s”.

After his time in Vegas, Chris decided to move to Los Angeles, where his dance credits continued to thrive. He was a featured dancer on television shows/commercials such as “Glee”, “Fuller House”, ABC’s “The Secret Life of an American teenager”, Toyota 2015 and was a dancer in the films LA LA Land (Choreographer Mandy Moore) and Behind the Candelabra (choreographer Marguerite Derricks). He can also be found right next to pop star JLO on her “Dance Again” single album cover. Chris rejoined Cirque Du Soleil in the cast of IRIS at the Kodak theater as well.

After over four years in LA, Chris decided to change things up and move to NYC. In the summer of 2016 he was part of the original cast of the Radio City summer show The New York Spectacular. Since the show, Chris continues to work commercially in NYC. He has appeared multiple times on “Good Morning America” and “The Today show”, representing artists such as Derek and Julianne Hough and Betty Who. Chris also finished the National Tour of Wicked. He has been fortunate to work closely with other choreographers such as Stacey Tookey, Spencer Liff, Vincent Paterson, Bonnie Story, Mia Michaels, Rich and Tone, Al Blackstone, Zach Woodlee and Brooke Lipton. In his spare time, Chris teaches and choreographs all over the United States and internationally.

Most recently, Chris is the associate choreographer for Devil Wears Prada on Broadway, In the Heights movie – and is featured in an upcoming film starring Jlo “Marry Me“.

Nora Brennan – CSA is NYC based casting director who specializes in casting children and teenagers for theatre, film and television.

Nora cast the children in the Broadway and touring companies of BILLY ELLIOT the Musical, winning an ARTIOS award for her casting on Broadway. On Broadway, she also cast the children in the Broadway and touring companies of MATILDA as well the two teenage actresses, playing Queen Elizabeth in THE AUDIENCE, starring Helen Mirren. For the past four years, Nora has cast the teenagers and children for the Radio City Christmas Show.

Nora has been the resident casting director for TRANSPORT GROUP, a NYC based adult theatre company, where she has cast over 15 plays and musicals. This fall, Nora had two shows running off Broadway and an upcoming Spring production of BENNY AND JOON, at Paper Mill playhouse.

Jessica Lang is Artistic Director of Jessica Lang Dance. Lang leads the creative vision of the organization which has garnered remarkable acclaim since the company’s founding in 2011. Under her artistic leadership, the company now offers more than 50 performances annually at some of the world’s most prestigious performing arts centers. Noted for her dedication to educational activities, Lang developed a unique curriculum for JLD called LANGuage, which is offered as part of the company’s programming on tour and locally in New York City, focusing on the Queens community.

As one of the most celebrated choreographers of her generation, Lang choreographs and teaches throughout the world. She has created original works for companies including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, the National Ballet of Japan, and Joffrey, among many others. Lang has also worked in opera on the production Aida, directed by Francesca Zambello, for San Francisco Opera and Washington National Opera. She is the recipient of a 2014 Bessie Award and the 2017 Arison Award.

Lang grew up in Bucks County, PA and has a diverse dance training background. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School under the direction of Benjamin Harkarvy and a former member of Twyla Tharp’s company THARP!

Since the company’s inception in 2011, Jessica Lang Dance (JLD) has been devoted to enriching and inspiring global audiences by immersing them in the beauty of movement and music. JLD’s diverse repertoire of original works, created by Bessie-Award winning Artistic Director Jessica Lang, embodies a genre-bending contemporary movement style that resists categorical definition. Hailed as “a master of visual composition” by Dance Magazine, Lang seamlessly incorporates striking design elements and transforms classical ballet language into artfully crafted, emotionally engaging works that feature gifted, graceful, and athletic performers. “Jessica Lang Dance is to movement what music is to sound.” – Mesa Performing Arts Examiner.

The company has performed their repertoire of 25 unique works for audiences nationally and internationally in over 75 cities, 35 states, and 7 different countries. JLD’s trajectory is strongly influenced by a commitment to artistic collaboration with such renowned artists as architect Steven Holl, costume designer Bradon McDonald, lighting designer Nicole Pearce, and composer Jakub Ciupinski, as well as visual artist Shinichi Maruyama, among others.

In 2017, Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival presented JLD in Lang’s rendition of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater – hailed as “one of the most extraordinary experiences an opera-goer is likely to see – .” Her choreographic genius spans the breadth between these classical works and the legendary music of singer Tony Bennett, with the recent 2018 premiere of This Thing Called Love commissioned by the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College.

Lang’s work has been commissioned by such notable organizations as Jacob’s Pillow, The Joyce Theater, Des Moines Performing Arts, The Chicago Architecture Biennial, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the National Symphony Orchestra, among others. JLD’s 2018-19 season began with two exceptional residencies to develop new work at White Oak and the coveted Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The company has been awarded additional residencies for new work creation at Jacob’s Pillow, Wickenburg, and Kaatsbaan International Dance Center.

JLD has been presented at premier venues and festivals worldwide including Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, BAM’s Next Wave Festival, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, the Joyce Theater, the White Light Festival at Lincoln Center, Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, Bolshoi’s Inversion Festival of Contemporary Dance, and Palacio de Bellas Artes, among many others.

Before being named Director of the School of Dance in December of 2016, Michelle Manzanales was in the midst of her seventh season as the Ballet Hispánico Company Rehearsal Director & Artistic Associate. She first began working with Ballet Hispánico CEO & Artistic Director, Eduardo Vilaro, in 2003 as a dancer for Luna Negra Dance Theater of Chicago, where Manzanales later became Rehearsal Director in 2006 and eventually served as Artistic Director from 2009-2010.

A choreographer and dance educator originally from Houston, TX, Michelle has over 25 years of teaching experience serving on the faculties of Ballet Hispánico, Lou Conte Dance Studio (home of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago), University of Houston, Rice University, Houston Metropolitan Dance Center, Regional Dance America, Festival de Danza Cordoba-Youth American Grand Prix, as well as master teacher for numerous other dance studios, schools, and college dance programs nationwide and internationally.

Ms. Manzanales has choreographed works for professional dance companies, universities, and schools across the nation. She was commissioned to set an original choreography, which she entitled Con Brazos Abiertos, for the main company of Ballet Hispánico for their 2017 spring season at the Joyce Theater. This “savvy but deeply sincere meditation on her Mexican-American background” (-Marina Harss, New York Times) has since toured extensively to critical acclaim, including its inclusion in New York City Center’s 2018 Fall for Dance Festival. Con Brazos Abiertos is slated to grace the stage once again for Ballet Hispánico’s 2019 fall season at the world famous Apollo Theater this November.

Other acclaimed works by Manzanales include her 2010 homage to Frida Kahlo, Paloma Querida, which was hailed a “visual masterpiece” by Lucia Mauro of the Chicago Tribune and was described by the Chicago Sun-Times as a “gorgeously designed, richly hallucinatory, multi-faceted vision of the artist.” Her 2007 choreography for Luna Negra Dance Theater, entitled Sugar in the Raw (Azucar Cruda), was applauded by the Chicago Sun-Times as “a staggering, beautiful, accomplished new work.” Five of her works have been recognized by the American College Dance Festival, of which, two were presented at the Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), for their National Gala; Pour Me Out in 2006 and The Letting Go in 2008. Manzanales’ choreography has been presented by Texas Contemporary Weekend (Houston, TX), Spring to Dance (St. Louis, MO), Festival de Danza Córdoba (Veracruz, Mexico), and Fort Worth Dance Festival (Fort Worth, TX).

Rodney Hamilton, a native of St. Louis, started his dance training at the age of 10 with Carr Lane V.P.A., COCA, Alexandra School of Ballet, and Katherine Dunham workshop with Mrs. Dunham. In 1996 at the age of 14, Mr. Hamilton joined the adult chorus at the Muny of St. Louis. He graduated from the Juilliard school and joined Ballet Hispánico of New York where he was a principal dancer for 10 years.

In this time, he performed works by Eduardo Vilaro, Jose Limon, Paul Taylor, Hans van Manen, Robert Battle, Ohad Naharin, Andrea Miller, David Parsons, William Whitener, Ann Reinking, Ramon Oller, Sergio Trujillo, Trinette Singleton, Agnes DeMille, Talley Beatty, Annabel Lopez Ochoa, Vicente Nebrada, and numerous other well-known choreographers. Mr. Hamilton was a part of the national touring cast of Jesus Christ Superstar, Hello Dolly with Carol Channing, and worked with the Broadway cast of Tarzan. In 2012, Mr. Hamilton became the resident choreographer for the Saint Pete City Theater where he choreographed Hello Dolly, Footloose, and Memphis the Musical. Mr. Hamilton has taught ballet and modern all over the world, and is a master teacher of the Dunham technique. He has just obtained his Masters of Fine Arts from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

WARREN CARLYLE is a Tony Award winning Director/Choreographer: most recently Directed and Choreographed the new Broadway musical Harmony at The Ethel Barrymore Theatre, choreographed the Tony Award nominated revival of The Music Man starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster at The Winter Garden Theater (Tony Award nomination for Best Choreography). Conceived, directed and choreographed the sold out world tour of Hugh Jackman, The Man. The Music. The Show.

Broadway: Directed and Choreographed the Tony nominated Best Musical After Midnight at the Brooks Atkinson Theater, (Tony Award Winner for Best Choreography. Tony Award nominee for Best Director), Chaplin at the Barrymore Theater, Hugh Jackman: Back On Broadway at the Broadhurst Theater, the critically acclaimed, Tony nominated revival of Finian’s Rainbow at the St James Theater and A Tale of Two Cities at the Al Hirschfeld Theater.

Choreographed the Tony nominated revival of Kiss Me Kate… Tony Award nomination for Best Choreography (Studio 54), the Tony Award winning revival of Hello, Dolly! (Starring Bette Midler at the Shubert Theater), She Loves Me (Studio 54), On The 20th Century (starring Kristin Chenoweth at The American Airlines Theater), The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, (Studio 54), A Christmas Story (Lunt Fontanne) and the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies (starring Bernadette Peters) at the Marriot Marquis Theater.

He directed and choreographed the 2015 New York Spring Spectacular starring The Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall.

In 2018 he premiered a new ballet for New York City Ballet called Something To Dance About.

Warren has been nominated for four Tony Awards, eight Drama Desk Awards, for Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Choreography, a Lucille Lortel Award and an Emmy award for Choreography (Carousel, Live At Lincoln Center).

Warren is a winner of the Tony Award, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Drama Desk Awards and the prestigious Astaire Award for choreography.

Selected additional New York credits include: Directed and choreographed the 40th Anniversary concert of the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, directed and choreographed Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman’s critically acclaimed new Broadway musical Harmony at the Folksbeine Theater, conceived, directed and choreographed Jessica Vosk at Carnegie Hall, Directed Me & My Girl (City Center Encores!); On Your Toes (City Center Encores!); and Cotton Club Parade (Jazz at Lincoln Center and City Center);

Choreographed Carousel for the New York Philharmonic, (Avery Fisher Hall); Girl Crazy, On The Town, Finian’s Rainbow, Juno and Stairway To Paradise (all Encores! at City Center); 101 Dalmatians (Madison Square Garden / U.S Tour); You Again (NY Fringe Festival); Working (Zipper Theater); Slut! (ATA); Roundabout 40th Anniversary Gala, Roundabout 50th Anniversary Gala and The 24 Hour Musicals at The Public Theater.

His Tony Award winning Broadway show After Midnight is currently being performed around the world on Norwegian Cruise Line, along with a brand new commission of the musical HAVANA! a Cuban inspired original musical.

Regional Credits include: Directed and choreographed The Secret Garden (Ahmanson Theater Los Angeles), choreographed Hello, Dolly! 1st national tour, starring Betty Buckley; Directed and choreographed the Australian Arena Tour of Hugh Jackman, from Broadway to Oz; Produced, directed and choreographed the pre Broadway tour of Hugh Jackman In Performance (Curran Theater San Fransisco, Princess Of Wales Theater Toronto); choreographed The Sting, starring Harry Connick Jr (Paper Mill Playhouse); Follies (The Kennedy Center and The Ahmanson Theater Los Angeles); Camelot (Stratford Shakespeare Festival Canada); A Christmas Story (all U.S. touring companies); Musical Staging for the Randy Newman revue Harps & Angels (Mark Taper Forum Los Angeles); directed and choreographed the award winning Limelight (La Jolla Playhouse); directed and choreographed Buddy’s Tavern (The O’Neill Theater Center, Richard Rodgers Award Winner); Lucky Guy (Goodspeed); choreographed Mame (The Kennedy Center); Dancing In The Dark (Old Globe Theater, San Diego); The Pirates Of Penzance (Paper Mill Playhouse, Goodspeed; CT Critics Circle Award for Best Choreography); The Bakers Wife (Goodspeed) and Pageant (Second City Chicago).

He is represented on film and television by his direction, choreography and musical staging of PBS 50th Anniversary of Great Performances at Lincoln Center (PBS); The 68th & 69th Annual Tony Awards Broadcast (CBS); Six seasons of So You Think You Can Dance (FOX); Deception starring Hugh Jackman (20th Century Fox); She Loves Me (Broadway HD / PBS). Also choreographed Hope and Faith (ABC); Directed An Evening At The Boston Pops, Rogers & Hammerstein and Rogers & Hart (PBS); and Elton John’s music video Made In England.

Xavier Rubiano joined Tara Rubin Casting in August 2016. Xavier hails from the far away land of Queens, New York where he grew up dancing. Xavier attended Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, founded by Tony Bennett, in Astoria, Queens with a major in Dance and a minor in Musical Theater. He went on to get his BFA in Musical Theater at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC & LA.

Xavier started his casting career in 2011 where he had his first internship at Clemmons/Dewing Casting. He continued to assist Joy Dewing when she started her new business, Joy Dewing Casting, as a monitor at her open calls and she brought him on as an apprentice in 2013. He became her Casting Assistant in 2014. Xavier has also interned at Stewart/Whitley and apprenticed at their office in May of 2016. Working at TRC is a culmination of all his past experiences and feels truly #blessed to be a part of this team.

Current Projects: Dear Evan Hansen (Broadway & Tour), The Phantom Of The Opera (Broadway, US National Tour, International Tour), Clueless (Off-Broadway), Cats (Tour), Kiss My Aztec! (Berkeley Rep)

For 50 years, Dance Theatre of Harlem has provided access to ballet for all. Comprised of an international touring company, a training school and a celebrated arts education and community engagement program, Dancing Through Barriers®, DTH demonstrates the power of art to transform lives.

Compelled to make a positive impact following the assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the legendary Arthur Mitchell started a school with his teacher, Karel Shook. Mitchell’s idea was to offer children in the Harlem neighborhood where he grew up the opportunity to change their futures by challenging themselves against the rigors of a classical art form. In 1971, only two years after its founding, The New York Times called Dance Theatre of Harlem “one of ballet’s most exciting undertakings.” Now in its fifth decade, DTH has an extraordinary legacy based on thrilling performances and artistic excellence predicated on providing opportunity where none had existed before. Through performance, training and education, the impact of Dance Theatre of Harlem continues to be felt across the globe.

Dance Theatre of Harlem Artistic Director

Dance Theatre of Harlem Resident Choreographer

Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) is one of the world’s leading contemporary dance companies,

under artistic guidance of choreographer Paul Lightfoot. The Dutch troupe is based in The Hague, but performs on a yearly basis for an international audience of 150,000 visitors in

Europe, the USA, Asia and Australia. Since its foundation in 1959, this rebellious pioneering company has built a rich repertoire of over 650 ballets, by master choreographers such as Jir?i? Kylia?n, Hans van Manen, renowned house choreographers Sol Leo?n & Paul Lightfoot, associate choreographers Crystal Pite and Marco Goecke and high-profiled guests such as Johan Inger, Medhi Walerski, Alexander Ekman, Gabriela Carrizo, Franck Chartier, Hofesh Shechter, Edward Clug, and Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar.

In 1978, NDT founded a second division to feed the main company with young talent. In the time span of three years, NDT 2 prepares sixteen classically trained dancers from around the world for NDT 1. Whereas the first company offers a chance for the dancers to further develop their artistic personality, the second company, NDT 2 offers a varied repertoire consisting of works by established choreographers as well as upcoming stars, such as Jir?i? Kylia?n, Edward Clug, Imre van Opstal and Marne van Opstal. One of the objectives of NDT 2, is to acquaint the dancers with a lexicon of dance languages. Working together with upcoming choreographers, provides the dancers with the opportunity to learn to react quickly to different dance languages, techniques and working methods.

At NDT’s home base in The Hague, all this comes together daily in surroundings that are regarded as a breeding ground, constantly moving ahead to contribute a new energy to contemporary dance in the Netherlands as well as abroad.

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Kyle Clarke is from New York & Canada. He studied at Arts Umbrella Program (2015-2017). He has performed with Ballet BC as a student of Arts Umbrella for a program by Medhi Walerski and has been a member of NDT 2 since 2017.

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Fay van Baar is from The Hague, the Netherlands. She studied at the Royal Conservatoire, The Hague from 2007-2014 and at the Kirov Academy of Ballet of Washington DC from 2014 to 2015. She has been a member of NDT 2 since 2015.

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Bre Traver joined McDonald Selznick Associates East Coast division in 2007. She is currently the Director of talent for MSA’s NY office. She has had the pleasure of booking clients on national commercials (APPLE, Advil PM, Pepsi), feature films (West Side Story, In The Heights, Tick Tick Boom), television (Blue Bloods, Law & Order, New Amsterdam, Pose, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Good Morning America, The Tonight Show), award shows (MTV VMAs, BET Awards, Super Bowl Halftime), national tours (Hamilton, Pretty Woman, The Prom, My Fair Lady, Jesus Christ Superstar), and live work (New York Fashion Week, The Met Gala). Bre is proud to work on behalf of such an established roster of talent and enjoys keeping her finger on the pulse of our ever-changing industry!

CHASE BROCK, called “prolific” in both The New Yorker and The New York Times, is a choreographer for theater, dance, opera, ballet, TV and video games. Born in Flat Rock, NC, he made his Broadway debut at 16 in original cast of Susan Stroman’s revival of The Music Man, and appeared on “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” (ABC) and “The Tony Awards” (CBS).

At 18, Brock produced a showcase of his own choreography in Michael Bennett’s legendary building at 890 Broadway, and at 23, he launched his own dance company. As Artistic Director of Brooklyn-based dance company The Chase Brock Experience, he has commissioned 7 original scores and created 31 original works over the past decade including American Sadness to the songs of Gabriel Kahane, Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons with text by David Zellnik, The Girl with the Alkaline Eyes with scenario and score by Eric Dietz, Mirror Mirror with an original score by Michael John LaChiusa, Mission: Implausible with an original score by Joshua Rosenblum, The Song That I Sing; Or, Meow So Pretty to recordings by The New Christy Minstrels and Whoa, Nellie! to Nellie McKay’s album Obligatory Villagers.

Broadway choreography includes Be More Chill (Lyceum Theatre), Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark (dir. Julie Taymor) and Sam Gold’s revival of Inge’s Picnic (Roundabout Theatre Company). International: Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame in San Diego, Millburn, Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart, Tokyo, Kyoto, Yokohama and Nagoya. Other highlights include Bartlett Sher’s production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette for The Metropolitan Opera, many works of political satire for “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” on HBO, the bestselling video game Dance on Broadway for Nintendo Wii and PlayStation Move, and several ballets for New York Theatre Ballet. Brock is the subject of the Emmy-nominated documentary Chasing Dance.

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PETER CHU (he/him) is an award-winning multi-faceted movement artist, embodying roles from director, choreographer, stager, mentor, educator, and performer. His ongoing curiosity informs his voracious appetite for learning across contexts, and his compassion leads him to generously share his wide range of experiences and knowledge with others. Chu’s passion for the arts and entertainment drives his vivid imagination and creativity throughout his work.

As a biracial Asian American born in the Bronx and raised in Cocoa Beach, Peter often craved a deeper understanding of his Chinese identity. From a young age, his interest in Traditional Chinese Medicine was a gateway to that. Since then, his mere interest evolved into a deep fascination that influenced and continues to inform his values as a human and creator. In addition, being raised by his mother, a music therapist, profoundly influenced his rhythmic and musical approach to making. All these interests and experiences are central to Chu’s healing approach to the creative process and how he guides and creates movement experiences and spaces.

Chu’s career spans over three decades across both concert and commercial dance industries, nationally and internationally, pre-professional to professional, and beyond. Some notable credits include performing with Ballet Jazz de Montreal, Crystal Pite’s Kidd Pivot, and Celine Dion’s A New Day, and choreographing for Ballet Augsburg, Cirque du Soleil, DART Dance Company, Gibney Dance Company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Paul Taylor Dance Company, and more. Additionally, Chu finds great pride and belonging in his project-based company chuthis., where he feels free to explore the deepest parts of his identity and artistry as a director, choreographer, and educator, with his team.

Currently, Chu is based in Cocoa Beach, Florida, and travels frequently pursuing various freelance choreographic commissions and teaching experiences.

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Damiani is a French choreographer, artistic director and movement specialist based in New York City. She currently serves as the Artistic Director of the internationally acclaimed contemporary company Ballets Jazz Montréal.

Her choreographic works have been performed in New York, NY, Richmond, VA and Pittsburgh, PA to critical acclaim. Her expertise has been used in numerous commercials and film projects, includingBloch, Colgate, Warby Parker, Black Swanand Adjustment Bureau. Damiani worked with Tanisha Scott on the 2019 BET awards performance of Cardi B.

Damiani was the artistic director of Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, where she worked intimately with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Alexander Ekman, Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite and Hofesh Schechter, among others. Damiani teaches master classes all over the world and co-directed the 2019 Contemporary Ballet summer program at Jacob’s Pillow. She is also the director of NYCDA Winter Dance Intensive at the Juilliard studios since 2015. She is on faculty at Pace University.

Damiani most recently restaged an excerpt of Violet Kid by Hofesh Schechter for the Princeton Dance Festival.

Damiani is a certified Medical Qigong Therapist from the Dantao school and the Institute Traditional Medicine (Toronto, CA). She is a passionate teacher of Qigong and Taiji under the guidance of Sat Chuen Hon.

Gary Flannery is a professional performer who toured the world as Shirley MacLaine’s partner; was a Principal Dancer on many TV Shows and Hollywood movies; and was a lead dancer on Broadway in Pippin and Dancin’, and in the movie All That Jazz (Bob Fosse called Gary “The Bull” for the sheer non-stop energy). Gary has studied with teachers including Antony Tudor, Martha Graham, Jose Limon, Stanley Williams, Alexandra Danilova, Anton Dolan, Lucas Hoving, Fred Benjamin, Chuck Davis, and Jaime Rogers. He received full scholarships to the School of American Ballet and Juilliard. Gary continues to teach master classes, lectures, and seminars at universities, dance schools and colleges around the world.

Jane Lanier

Jane Lanier has been in six Broadway shows: On Your Toes (dir George Abbott), Sweet Charity (Dir Bob Fosse), Anything Goes, Guys and Dolls (dir Jerry Zaks), Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, and Fosse (Dir Richard Maltby Jr and Ann Reinking). Her regional credits include Bessie in Counsellor-at-Law (Ovation and LA Drama Critics Award), Cassie in A Chorus Line, Jane in The World Goes Round, and Kate in Michael John LaChuisa’s The Wild Party. She danced with John Travolta in the film Michael and her last TV appearance was a guest star on Glee. Her director/choreographer credits include: directing Valerie Harper in a stage reading of the new play Bad Dog, choreographing the independent film Not Your Time, starring Jason Alexander and Valarie Pettiford, and her choreography for The Wild Party garnered her LA Weekly and Backstage Garland Awards, Ovation, and NAACP Award nominations. Last spring she choreographed Chicago at Drury Lane Oakbrook and recieved a Jeff Award normination for Best Choreography.

Jane is currently head of the Musical Theater Dance Concentration program for CCPA at Roosevelt University and a proud union member of SDC, AEA, and SAG-AFTRA.

Brazilian tap dancer Leonardo Sandoval, described by the Chicago Sun-Times as “strong yet fine-boned, capable of authority and nuance,” and praised by The New York Times for his “spontaneous aura of thinking […] rousing choreography,” is quickly gaining a reputation in the tap world and beyond.

He began his dance studies at age 6 in Piracicaba (São Paulo State). At eleven, he began appearing on Brazilian TV, and at eighteen, he was invited to Los Angeles to attend the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, as well as the L.A. Tap Festival. Leo also co-founded the Cia Carioca de Sapateado in Rio de Janeiro with the aim of bringing tap dance to a wider audience in Brazil by incorporating Brazilian rhythms, music, and dance styles into tap.

In 2013, Leo moved to New York and was invited to perform and teach at the Chicago Human Rhythm Project’s Rhythm World, America’s largest festival of tap and percussive arts. In New York, he is a core member of Michelle Dorrance’s acclaimed company, Dorrance Dance, performing across the United States and abroad, including at the Jacob’s Pillow and Fall for Dance festivals, the Guggenheim Museum, Lincoln Center, Joyce Theater, and the Danspace Project in New York.In addition to this, Leo is also in demand as a solo performer and as a choreographer.

Since September 2014, he has been an artist in residence at the American Tap Dance Foundation. His first full-length choreography, Music from the Sole, an hour-long show created with American bassist and composer Greg Richardson, premiered in 2015 at the Creative Alliance in Baltimore, to a sold-out audience. Excerpts from the show were also presented in New York and at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Other recent credits include guest appearances with musician Ben Sollee, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Michael Mwenso & The Shakes, performances at the National Folk Festival, ATDF’s Rhythm in Motion, and interviews on MSNBC, the CW channel, and Fox. Upcoming projects include US and international tours with both Dorrance Dance and Music from the Sole, as well as new choreographic work.

Leo’s choreography and performing style are rooted both in America’s great tap dance heritage, and in Brazil’s rich rhythmic and musical traditions, with additional influences from jazz and contemporary dance.

As a performer Gerry has been seen on Broadway in a number of shows including Anything Goes, Once On This Island, Chicago, Uptown It’s Hot, and Joseph…Dreamcoat, a role for which he was one of three Americans chosen to be in the film starring Donny Osmond.

Gerry is also a highly sought after director and choreographer. Major theatres he has worked at throughout the United States include the Lions Theatre and York Theater (Off-Broadway), Virginia Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Connecticut Repertory, Gateway Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse, Alliance Theater, Le Petit Theatre (New Orleans), Pasadena Playhouse, and Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, as well as television programs such as “The Rosie O’Donnel Show”, “Major Dad” and “Designing Women”.

Melissa Schott is a performer and choreographer residing in New York City. She has had tap shoes on her feet since she was four years old and approaches her craft from a musical background.

She is no stranger to the stage, most recently performing Randy Skinner’s Broadway Revival Choreography in North Shore Music Theatre’s 42 Street (Peggy Sawyer u/s, Ensemble) under Director/Choreographer Kelli Barclay. She has been an invited guest artist at Carnegie Hall’s Medal of Excellence Gala, as well as at Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center for the Spring Gala: A Celebration of Women in the Arts (alongside Chita Rivera, Gloria Estefan, Vanessa Williams and Rita Moreno). Melissa was a member of the national company of Cirque du Soleil’s Banana Shpeel, choreographed by Jared Grimes and directed by David Shiner. Under the direction of Tony Award Winner, Walter Bobbie, and with choreography from four-time Tony Award Nominee, Randy Skinner, she was thrilled to be part of the national company of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Judy Haynes u/s, Ensemble).

Melissa has enjoyed touring North America and Canada as a featured vocalist in the Classic FM Pops Concert with Maestro Jack Everly. Favorite regional performances include Peggy in 42 Street, Millie in Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Patsy in Always…Patsy Cline. She is a frequent soloist for MTI’s Broadway Jr. recordings, including Ruth in Pirates of Penzance, Witch in Into the Woods, and Violet and Mrs. Gloop in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

She enjoys her role as choreographer for Music K-8 Magazine (a national subscription for music teachers, which brings movement into the classroom as a supplement to a child’s music education) and as an educator in the art of tap dance. As an award-winning choreographer, she offers a fresh approach to artistic quality and advanced musicality. She continues to teach and mentor students and is proud of their accomplishments: regional, national, and scholarship award recognitions, as well as acceptance to tap and musical theatre programs across the country.

Please visit www.MelissaSchott.com for more information.

Kaitlynn Edgar grew up dancing at Spotlight Dance Works, a studio in Chesterfield, Michigan. There she studied contemporary, jazz, tap, ballet, lyrical, modern, and hip hop. Upon graduation Kaitlynn was accepted into the Juilliard School, but chose to go on an international tour with a contemporary ballet company, Rock the Ballet as a principal dancer.

After touring she moved to Los Angeles where she has danced for Travis Wall’s Shaping Sound, Nicki Minaj, David Guetta, Camilla Cabelo, and many other artists. She has been featured on many television shows such as The Talk, All the Right Moves, The American Music Awards, the Late Late Show, SNL, and The Secret Life of an American Teenager.

Now living in New York has worked on the preproduction teams for the broadway show CATS, Bandstand the Musical, Moulin Rouge, and the remake of Dirty Dancing. Kaitlynn works for a touring dance convention, New York City Dance Alliance, teaching students all over the country. She is super excited to create and dance with you all!!!

Cindy Salgado has been a member of Crystal Pite’s Kidd Pivot since 2009. Graduating from the Juilliard School with the Princess Grace Award in 2005, she has performed with Aszure Barton and Artists, Peter Chu’s ChuThis, and on various projects for Mia Michaels and Andy Blankenbuehler. As a choreographer, Cindy has collaborated with writers Alejandro Rodriguez & Daniel Watts, directors Jesse Perez & Mauricio Salgado, choreographers Yvon Crazy Smooth Soglo of B-boyizm & Jermaine Spivey, and cinematographers Yazmany Arboleda & Devin Jamieson among other great artists.

Cindy was the co-founder of Artists Striving To End Poverty (ASTEP). She was an Assistant Rehearsal Director for Cedar Lake and the Assistant Choreographer for Crystal Pite with Netherlands Dance Theatre’s Kunstkamer. She also assisted on Cirque du Soleil’s Delirium and in preproduction on Hamilton, In The Heights, and other Broadway shows.

Cindy has taught for NDT, Geneva Ballet, the Juilliard School, NYU, and at other universities and intensives around the world. She also travels the United States serving on the faculty of the New York City Dance Alliance.

Cassidy Zuna was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. Cassidy began training at the age of 4 as a competitive dancer at Showbiz Academy of Dance. At the age of 13, she expanded her knowledge of movement by attending The Ballet Conservatory of Dance Music & Art where she received classical and commercial training. She has attended summer dance intensives such as Houston Ballet, Perry-Mansfield, Juilliard, Kaatsbaan, Paul Taylor, Yin Yue, and Complexions. She has training in many styles such as ballet, jazz, contemporary, modern, lyrical, hip hop and tap.

Cassidy is now a Commercial Dance major at Pace University as well as an apprentice with Parsons Dance Company in New York City.

Lili Calahan happily returns to Steps Youth Programs where she has taught a variety of dance styles. As a performer, she toured nationally and internationally with Joseph…Dreamcoat, A Chorus Line, Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, and The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Favorite credits include West Side Story, Sweet Charity, Cabaret, Anything Goes, Phantom, The Who’s Tommy, and dancing on NBC’s Today Show.

Lili has taught in a variety of contexts. She assisted in teaching original choreography for European tours of Evita, choreographed several children’s theatre productions, and dance captained numerous musical theatre productions. She also coached high school students for college dance auditions and taught a variety of dance classes throughout the New York area.

Lili trained and performed as a junior member with the Humphrey Dance Ensemble while in high school. She continued her studies at SUNY Purchase, Point Park College (dance major), and Marymount Manhattan College (B.A. in psychology). She received a Master of Social Work from Columbia University, with a focus in health, mental health, and disabilities.

Currently, Lili works as a licensed clinical social worker, providing psychotherapy and performing arts/creative arts therapy. In her teaching, she draws upon these skills to nurture creativity and build self-esteem, while strengthening the skills of her students.

Vanessa is a recognized dancer, teacher and choreographer who currently co-directs the company DoubleTake Dance in NYC (www.DoubleTakeDanceCo.com). Featured twice in Dance Informa Magazine DTD has recently received several commissions: Rock that Rolls choreographic commission for Dancing Wheels in Cleveland, OH; HTChen New Steps residency NYC; Next Step commission and performance for JPAC NYC.

Honored with a professional development scholarship from the Spanish Ministry of Culture to study abroad, she later became the resident choreographer for the musical theatre production company Tela-Katola in Spain. Shows: “I Love You, You’re Perfect …Now Change” and “Tick Tick…BOOM!”.

Currently she dances and choreographs for DoubleTake Dance (SummerStage; NY Half Marathon, Ailey Theater; Carnival, Webster Hall; Gerald Lynch Theater, Dixon Place, Teatro la Tea, Teatro Madrid, Sala Triángulo), Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company. Other companies: De Funes Dance, BalaSole Dance, Noir Tribe Media, Burnt Sugar, Ikada, J.T Lotus Dance Co. She’s had the pleasure to work for choreographers such as Germaul Barnes, Ryan Beck, Derek Mitchell, Guillém Alonso, Gabrielle Lasner, Alan Onickel, Lynn Schwab (Tap City -Symphony Space) and Tony Waag (Career Transition for Dancers Gala at City Center).

She has been featured dancer in “Rabi Thakur: A ballet on the Life of Rabindranath Tagore” (NJPAC); Momentum Dance Theater: “The jazz Hip Hop Nutcracker” (Washington D.C ), “Steel City Rhythm” workshop by RSW & associates; “Where Dreams Become Reality” (NY). Other shows include The Little Opera Theater of NY’s “Mitridate” ; ABT’s “The Golden Cockerel” at the Met, “Arrival” at Theater 80; “LOVEartJAPAN” Benefit show for Japan.

She has performed as a dancer, model or actress for international brands and commercials with ABT’s “The Golden Cockerel” at the MET, L O’REAL, Heineken, Ameriprise, NYRoadRunners, Tag Heuer, Yahoo, Ursus Vodka, KDDance, Lush Cosmetics/Gorilla Perfumes, El Pais newspaper, channel Tele5, Fuse TV, X-Box/Kinect (Times Square with NeYo and Lady Sovereign) Fashion Center Arts Festival, One Truth, Dru Cutler and the Rachel Ray Show. Film credits include “The Ryde of Tom & Valkyrie”, & “Friends With Benefits” with Justin Timberlake (IMDB 2011).

Vanessa is passionate about her teaching career. Currently on faculty at Peridance Capezio Center, Joffrey Ballet School, and a Tap City Leader she’s been featured on CNN and NBC. Vanessa has also been a guest teacher in numerous studios around the world (Alonzo Lines in San Francisco; LeHigh Valley Alliance in Pennsylvania; Round Rock Repertory, and Tarrytown Dance in Austin; Scaena, Victor Ullate, El Arte de Bailar, Latelier, Ross in Spain; T- Stage in Mexico…) and she also teaches and judges at conventions around the USA.

Noted for it’s “refreshing, often thrilling, straightforwardness”, MADBOOTS DANCE is a queer, contemporary dance company based in New York City. The hyper-physical, provocative company led by Jonathan Campbell and Austin Diaz, was named “25 to Watch” by Dance Magazine and has reached audiences nationally and internationally. The company had the honor of performing at The Joyce Theater’s first-ever LGBTQ+ Pride Week in 2018, and has performed at Jacob’s Pillow, Fire Island Dance Festival, and the 92Y, to name a few.

Presently, Campbell & Diaz continue to create original works for the company, as well as, teach at institutions such as, The Juilliard School, Point Park University, and Boston Conservatory. To learn more, visit: MADBOOTSDANCE.COM

Christine Cox co-founded BalletX, Philadelphia’s premier contemporary ballet company, with Matthew Neenan in 2005. The BalletX team has produced more than 70 world premiere ballets by 38 renowned and emerging choreographers to date, reaching more than 68,000 dance patrons. Under her leadership as Artistic & Executive Director, the company has performed at prestigious national stages including The Joyce Theater, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, and Vail Dance Festival.

Throughout her tenure, Cox has committed BalletX to expanding dance’s vocabulary for all audiences, promoting initiatives that make contemporary ballet accessible and welcoming to new audience members. In 2013, she and her team launched The X-Process, an engagement program that invites audience members to participate in pre-show conversations with choreographers, an interactive lecture series about contemporary ballet, and open rehearsals. Through the Dance eXchange education program, she has partnered with elementary schools from the Philadelphia School District to emphasize dance as a means to promote self-confidence and acquire valuable life skills, reaching more than 1,000 local students in its six years. Cox also led a TEDx talk at the George School in December 2016 that was subsequently published online, building a bridge to help audiences understand our art form more fully. In April 2018, under Cox’s leadership, BalletX opened the Center for World Premiere Choreography – the company’s 5,000 square foot studio and administrative home. Conceived as a place of innovation, creation, inclusion, and education, BalletX’s Center sets the stage for the company’s next decade of dance making.

Cox has prioritized making both artistic and civic connections as a leader in her Philadelphia community. As an arts leader, she has served on review panels for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and currently sits on the Advisory Board of the Philadelphia Arts & Business Council. For her work as a choreographer, educator, and performer, Christine has been recognized with two Rocky Awards for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts, as well as fellowships from the Independence Foundation and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

Cox was a full-time company member with the Pennsylvania Ballet from 1993 until her retirement from the stage in 2006. She trained in classical ballet at the Pennsylvania Ballet School and continued at the Performing Arts School of Philadelphia, spending summer sessions at the Joffrey and San Francisco Ballet schools. Some of her featured roles included Rum and Coca Cola in Paul Taylor’s Company B, Vortex in Alvin Ailey’s The River, Choleric in George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, Eve in Margo Sappington’s Rodin, Mis En Vie the Cowgirl in Agnes DeMille’s Rodeo, and principal female roles in Jerome Robbins’ Fancy Free and The Concert. During this time, Cox served for ten years as the rehearsal assistant of the children’s corps for Pennsylvania Ballet’s annual production of Balanchine’s The Nutcracker. Prior to joining the Pennsylvania Ballet, she danced with BalletMet (Columbus, OH), as a guest artist with Ballet Hispanico (New York, NY), and with the American Repertory Ballet (Princeton, NJ). Cox is the proud mother of two young boys, Warren and Wesley.

Chaz Wolcott is a choreographer based in New York City. He earned his BFA in Dance from Oklahoma City University. Chaz’s work has been seen in regional productions of Mary Poppins, Kiss Me Kate, Crazy for You, Cats, Mamma Mia and La Cage aux Folles. Chaz has directed/choreographed four productions of Newsies as well as created original work for multiple choreography showcases in NYC including BDC’s Showcase and Night of Life. Upcoming directing projects include: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Bright Star and Me and My Girl.

Chaz donates his time to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, having supervised the collecting efforts while on tour. His choreography has been featured in Red Bucket Follies, Gypsy of the Year (both at Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre) and Broadway Backwards (at Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre). Chaz has also produced, directed, and choreographed multiple cabaret fundraising events for BCEFA, which were picked up and brought to NYC’s Feinstein’s/54 Below.

Chaz is a popular master class instructor, traveling all over America teaching for Celebrity Dance Conventions, The Streetz Dance Conventions, Disney Musicals in Schools, Dancers Against Cancer and Dancers Responding to AIDS.

As a performer, Chaz has been seen as Buttons on the First National Tour of Disney’s Newsies. You can also catch Chaz’s performance in Disney’s “Newsies: The Broadway Musical”, available for digital download on iTunes, Netflix and Amazon. Chaz also starred in the 30th Anniversary Tour of Cats as the Magical Mr. Mistoffelees. Chaz was featured on FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance”. Favorite regional credits include: 42nd Street (Andy Lee), Mary Poppins, Gypsy, Legally Blonde and productions at Music Theatre of Wichita, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, The Gateway, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Fulton Theatre, The Fireside, Casa Mañana, Westchester Broadway Theatre, Gretna Theatre and more.

You can learn more about Chaz at www.ChazWolcott.com or by following him @dancinchaz on Instagram/ Twitter.

DAVID PARSONS (Artistic Director/Co-Founder) has enjoyed a remarkable career as a director, choreographer, performer, master teacher, and producer. Raised in Kansas City, Parsons made it to New York on a scholarship to the Alvin Ailey School at age 17. In the early years of his career, he was a leading dancer at The Paul Taylor Dance Company and also danced with New York City Ballet, MOMIX, Berlin Opera and The White Oak Project. Mr. Parsons has created more than 75 works for Parsons Dance. Commissions include American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, to name a few. His works have been performed by Paris Opera Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Joffrey Ballet, and Ballet de Rio Janeiro, among many others. Parsons has worked on such diverse projects as Julie Taymor’s film Fool’s Fire, AIDA at Arena di Verona; Maria de Buenos Aires for Gotham Chamber Opera. He choreographed and directed the dance elements for Times Square 2000, the 24-hour festivities in Times Square celebrating the Millennium; and Remember Me, a collaboration with East Village Opera Company. Parsons was the first recipient of the Howard Gilman Fellowship to complete his Master’s Degree at Jacksonville University and holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Missouri Kansas City.

Parsons Dance

Parsons Dance is an international renowned contemporary dance company under the artistic direction of director/choreographer David Parsons. Parsons Dance is committed to building new audiences for contemporary dance by creating American works of extraordinary artistry that are both engaging and uplifting to audiences throughout the world. Parsons Dance tours nationally and internationally, including an annual season in its home community of New York City. Parsons Dance includes eight full-time dancers and maintains a repertory of more than 75 works choreographed by David Parsons. Since 1985, Parsons Dance has toured more than 447 cities, 35 countries, five continents and millions of audience members. Many more have seen Parsons Dance on PBS, Bravo A&E Network and the Discovery Channel.

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Marjorie Failoni is a New York based performer and choreographer. She is originally from St. Louis, MO and has a BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Michigan. Go Blue!

She was the Dance Captain/Swing and understudied the role of Tammy in the Broadway production of Escape to Margaritaville at the Marquis Theatre. As a performer, Marjorie was the Dance Captain/swing for the National Tours Disney’s High School Musical, 9 to 5. She has performed all over the country including the Kennedy Center, Radio City Music Hall, Paper Mill Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, The MUNY, PCLO, Tuacahn Center for the Arts, North Shore Music Theatre, Maine State Music Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, Flatrock Playhouse, and the Cape Playhouse. Some of her favorite shows have been White Christmas, Anything Goes, A Christmas Story, The Little Mermaid, The Witches of Eastwick, 42nd Street, Shrek, Oklahoma!, South Pacific, and How To Succeed in Business…

Marjorie Choreographed the World Premier of Christmas in Connecticut at Goodspeed Opera House for which she earned a Connecticut Critics Circle Awards nomination for Outstanding Choreography. She also choreographed Disney’s The Little Mermaid for Disney Cruise Line which is currently running on the Disney Wish. She choreographed an All Female tap piece for the Muny’s Variety Hour Ep 3. in 2020 entitled “Bach to the Future.” She was the Associate Choreographer for PBS A Capitol Fourth, the National Tour of 9 to 5, the UK tour of Disney’s High School Musical 2, Gettin’ the Band Back Together (George Street Playhouse). She was the Assistant choreographer for Jesus Christ Superstar (Music Theatre of Wichita), The Fig Leaves are Falling (Unsung Musicals), Andy Warhol Was Right (NYMF), and Godspell (MUNY) and the assistant director/choreographer for Omaha’s Christmas with the Symphony and Guys and Dolls (Axelrod Performing Arts Center). She was lucky enough to choreography the Muny Teens troupe show in 2021.

In addition to performing, Marjorie also judges, teaches workshops and has taught at various universities and dance studios across the country. She is also a Director for Beyond the Stars and Breakout Dance Competitions.

Founded by Lillian Rose Barebeito and Tina Finkelman Berkett in 2007, BODYTRAFFIC creates world class dance in Los Angeles by commissioning distinctive choreographic works for its company of exceptional dancers. BODYTRAFFIC shares its love and reverence to dance around the globe through versatile performances, extensive outreach offerings, and inspiring educational programs. Over its 14 years of existence, BODYTRAFFIC has pushed boundaries to establish Los Angeles as a cultural center for dance, and Artistic Director Tina Finkelman Berkett is deeply committed to preserving BODYTRAFFIC at the forefront of the concert dance world.

Named “the company of the future” and “one of the most talked-about companies – not just in LA, but nationwide” by the Los Angeles Times, BODYTRAFFIC is internationally recognized for its high caliber work and palpable love of dance. BODYTRAFFIC is home to an exceptionally versatile family of world-renowned dancers who have trained with the likes of Mikhail Baryshnikov, The Juilliard School, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, School of American Ballet, and more. BODYTRAFFIC’s diverse repertory includes original works by McArthur Fellow Kyle Abraham, Stijn Celis, Fernando Magadan, Barak Marshall, Ohad Naharin, Matthew Neenan, Arthur Pita, Victor Quijada, Hofesh Shechter, Richard Siegal, Micaela, Taylor, Wewolf, and many more incredible choreographers. BODYTRAFFIC seamlessly pays homage to traditional styles and techniques, while forging the way for contemporary dance of today.

BODYTRAFFIC has performed for sold-out audiences at prestigious theaters and festivals around the world. In 2016, BODYTRAFFIC made its Hollywood Bowl debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In 2017-2018, the company celebrated its 10th season with an international tour to more than 20 cities, including Moscow and St. Petersburg for the CONTEXT Diana Vishneva Festival, and The Hague, Netherlands for The Holland Dance Festival. The season culminated with performances at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, where BODYTRAFFIC is honored to currently be the company-in-residence.

BODYTRAFFIC’s extensive outreach and education program touches lives at home in Los Angeles and throughout the world. The company’s artistic directors and dancers provide training opportunities for pre-professional and professional dancers, as well as, customized dance experiences for people of all walks of life, with an emphasis on sharing with underserved populations.

In 2015, BODYTRAFFIC was selected by the Obama Administration to be cultural ambassadors of the United States to Israel and Jordan via DanceMotion USA, a dynamic cultural diplomacy program that supports United States foreign policy goals by engaging international audiences through educational opportunities, cultural exchange, and performance. Produced by BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), DanceMotion USA is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State. BODYTRAFFIC has also served as cultural ambassadors of the United States in South Korea (2016), Algeria (2017-2018), and Indonesia (2018).

BODYTRAFFIC has received generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Annenberg Foundation, the New England Foundation for the Arts, The National Dance Project, The Princess Grace Foundation, The Joyce Theater Foundation, The Sydney D. Holland Foundation, Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, The Whizin Support Foundation, American Jewish University, Loyola Marymount University, and The Agency.

ELIZABETH TEETER Broadway: “Lydia” in Beetlejuice; “Betty” in The Crucible, (w/Saoirse Ronan); “Young Elizabeth” in The Audience (w/Helen Mirren); and “Jane Banks” in Mary Poppins. Off-Broadway: “Lily” in The Secret Life of Bees (Audelco nomination). Recent Regional: “Liesl” in The Sound of Music (Ogunquit Playhouse, The Muny); “Laura” in The Glass Menagerie (TWSTL; St. Louis Theater Circle Award for role). Other Regional including The Muny, The Rep STL, Tennessee Williams Festival, Variety Theater, and more. TV/Film: Leaving (SAG short); guest on “The Last O.G.” (TBS). Special thanks to Katie Britton at Buchwald.
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Suzanne Goldman began her performing career at American Ballet Theatre under the artistic directorship of Mikhail Baryshnikov. She’s also danced with Pennsylvania Ballet, Vienna State Opera Ballet, Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet, among other companies. During her career, she had the opportunity to perform a wide range of roles, from Swan Lake to William Forsythe’s Artifact, Paul Taylor’s Arden Court and José Limon’s The Moor’s Pavane. She has taught at ABT’s Summer Intensive Program, the Joffrey Ballet School, Gibney Dance Center, Marymount Manhattan College, Hunter College, The New School University, Barnard, and Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. She received her BA from SUNY Empire State College.

Christina Carminucci, born and raised in New Jersey, is a New York City based tap dancer. In her youth, she trained as a multidisciplinary dancer at a local studio, seeking out further tap dance training at BDC, Steps, and ATDF (Tap City Youth Ensemble). While earning her BBA in Arts and Entertainment Management at Pace University, Christina was fortunate enough to study extensively under the mentorship of Derick K Grant. Recognized as one of Dance Magazine‘s 2022 “25 to Watch,” she dedicates her practice to performing, choreographing, producing and teaching.

The Jacob’s Pillow Tap Program alumna has appeared in works by many of today’s greats, including Dormeshia, Derick K Grant, and Michelle Dorrance (Dorrance Dance), and has performed regularly throughout the NYC area over the past several years. She is fortunate to have shared the dance in venues like The Joyce Theater, Little Island, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), the Chicago Jazz Showcase, as well as overseas.

Inspired to develop work of her own, Christina co-produced “On That Note” from 2016 to 2018 and then self produced “When the Smoke Clears” in 2019. In 2021, Christina launched “The Solidarity Series”, an ongoing live performance series dedicated to both furthering the development and increasing the visibility of tap dance as it relates to jazz music. Passionate about sharing her love and knowledge of the art form, she teaches regularly at Steps on Broadway in NYC and at various workshops around the country and world.

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Ali Dietz originally is from Buffalo, NY, where she grew up training under the direction of her mother, Mary Alice Dietz, at Mary Alices Dance Studio. Ali is an alumni of The School at Jacob’s Pillow, has worked with Dorrance Dance, and teaches frequently at Broadway Dance Center. Ali performed at Spoleto Festival USA, City Center in the Fall for Dance Festival, and in concert with Dorrance Dance. She has studied with, and is personally inspired by Michelle Dorrance, Derick Grant, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Nicholas Young, Jared Grimes, and Jason Samuels Smith.

Ali currently lives in New York City, where she continues to teach, choreograph, and study tap dance. She travels quite frequently to set work and teach workshops throughout the east coast. The accomplishment Ali is the most proud of is being the founder of Dancers Give Back, a now international non-profit organization. Now in it’s 9th year, DGB has raised close to a half of a million dollars towards cancer research and patient support.