Our Mission
Elevating the Next Generation of Precision Dancers
We created Precision Dance Collective out of a shared desire to give dancers a professional space to refine their technique and train with genuine purpose. Precision dance develops the spatial awareness, timing, and technical clarity that elevate performance in any style — the foundational skills that build consistency, confidence, and longevity in a professional career.
That’s why we pair rigorous technical training with direct industry access, career education, and guidance on building a sustainable life in dance. Because success in this industry is about more than what happens in the studio.
As two former Radio City Rockettes, we bring over forty years of combined professional experience — including twenty-nine seasons with the Rockettes — to every program, empowering dancers to perform with clarity, strength, and presence.
Sarah Hoge & Katie Walker, Co-Founders
PDC is a space for every dedicated dancer — regardless of body type, background, or where you are in your career. Precision is a skill — it can be learned, refined, and owned by anyone willing to do the work.
More Than Dance Training
Built for the Full Arc of Your Career
We believe a dancer’s training extends far beyond the studio. Alongside rigorous technique, we open our world to you — the relationships, the know-how, and the habits that build a lasting career.
Industry Connections
We connect dancers directly with our network of agents, casting directors, and top industry professionals — relationships built over decades at the highest levels of the business.
Career Education
We guide dancers through the complete professional toolkit: audition preparation, a résumé and dance reel, a 16-bar audition cut, headshots, and a personal brand that opens doors.
Longevity & Wellness
Dancers are athletes. We emphasize strength training and active recovery alongside technical work — the physical foundation for a long, healthy, sustainable career.
Credentials
Where We’ve Performed & Taught
Performed With & For
- Radio City Rockettes
- Beyoncé
- Christina Aguilera
- Rihanna
- Kacey Musgraves
- Saturday Night Live
- The Tony Awards
- MTV VMAs
On Faculty At
- Steps on Broadway
- Broadway Dance Center
- Marymount Manhattan College
The Founders
Led by Experience
Sarah and Katie aren’t just former Rockettes — they’re working choreographers and educators with active careers in New York City, bringing current, firsthand industry perspective to every program.
Co-Founder · 14-Season Rockette
Sarah is a choreographer and performer who has worked professionally in theater, film, and commercial dance for nearly two decades. She spent fourteen seasons as a Radio City Rockette, performing in both the New York production and the Christmas Across America tour.
Sarah has danced for artists including Beyoncé, Christina Aguilera, Rihanna, Flo Rida, and Kacey Musgraves. Her performance credits span Saturday Night Live (Sam Rockwell), America's Got Talent, The Tony Awards, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Live with Kelly and Ryan, The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, The MTV VMAs, Michael Bublé's Christmas Special, Project Runway, The Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting Ceremony, The Today Show, The View, Ellen, Law & Order, A Very Kacey Christmas on Amazon, A Holiday Spectacular on the Hallmark Channel, USO partnership performances, and the MLB Home Run Derby.
Sarah has taught numerous Rockette Summer Intensives and Rockette Experiences, specializing in precision-based jazz, tap, and ballet.
Most recently, Sarah's choreography has been featured at the Commercial Dance Intensive at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and the Junior Youth Program at Broadway Dance Center.
Co-Founder · 15-Season Rockette
Katie is a choreographer and educator whose fifteen seasons as a Radio City Rockette spanned roles from swing to dance captain and assistant choreographer. She began studying ballet at age 12 at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, training with Houston Ballet, Boston Ballet, American Ballet Theater, and Kaatsbaan International Ballet, and joined Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet in NYC after graduation.
Katie joined the Rockettes in 2008 and went on to perform at The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, The Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting, America's Got Talent, The Annual White House Christmas Party, and The Today Show.
In 2015 and 2016, Katie helped develop, choreograph, and stage the NY Spring Spectacular and the NY Spectacular alongside Warren Carlyle and Mia Michaels. As an assistant choreographer, she helped direct and choreograph for the Tony Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, USO Partnership Performances, America's Got Talent, The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Special, and the Hallmark Channel movie "A Holiday Spectacular."
Katie has had the honor to serve as rehearsal director and assistant to Linda Haberman with The Verdon Fosse® Legacy's "Sweet Gwen Suite." She is currently a choreographer in New York City—her work was recently performed for Pace University's Commercial Dance DanceSpace Performance, BDC Professional Semester, and Steps On Broadway Industry Showcase. Katie is on faculty at Steps on Broadway and Broadway Dance Center, and is an adjunct professor at Marymount Manhattan College.
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