The Performance Collective

Christina Carminucci is a New York City-based tap dancer. Recognized as one of Dance Magazine’s 2022 “25 to Watch”, she dedicates her life to the form through practice, creation, performance, and education. 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. The Jacob’s Pillow Tap Program alumna has appeared in works by many of today’s greatest practitioners, including Dormeshia (Rhythm is Life), Derick K Grant (What Is This Thing Called Love), Jumaane Taylor (Supreme Love), and Ali Bradley (Baby Laurence Legacy Project) to name a few. Over the past decade, Christina has performed at reputable venues including The Joyce Theater, The Apollo Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center, 92Y, The National Jazz Museum in Harlem and Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). She has appeared at the Gold Coast Dance Festival (NY), Caramoor Jazz Festival (NY), the Paramount Center for the Arts (MN), and the Chicago Jazz Showcase. “Nucci” has also toured internationally as an ensemble member of Christopher Erk’s Tap Factor performing on board the #1 rated cruise ship in the world, the MS Europa 2. Inspired to continue the tradition of presenting tap dance with live jazz music, Christina produced On That Note (2016-2018), followed by When the Smoke Clears (2019). This set the groundwork for The Solidarity Series, an ongoing live performance platform she created in 2021, dedicated to both furthering the development and increasing the visibility of tap dance as it relates to jazz music in efforts to uphold the principles of their connection. “The Solidarity Series IV: Free Spirits Suite”, was presented by the 41st Annual Battery Dance Festival and the Chicago Human Rhythm Project, and Christina’s most recent exploration of the work, “The Solidarity Series V: You Don’t Know What Love Is” was presented by the Dormeshia Tap Collective. Passionate about sharing her love and knowledge of the form, she teaches regularly at Steps on Broadway, guest teaches at various workshops around the country and world, and hosts a free jam session every month in NYC. Christina is also an adjunct professor of Tap Dance at Marymount Manhattan College.

DeWitt Fleming Jr. is a world renowned tap dancer, Broadway performer, and Broadway choreographer. He is a 2 time Chita Rivera award nominee for his choreography and performance. Most recently he starred in the Broadway show A Wonderful World and is the show’s tap choreographer. He has toured the world as a featured tap dancer with Riverdance, Cirque Du Soliel, danced with Grammy award wining artist Alicia Keys, Wynton Marsalis, Bobby McFerrin, and was featured on the HBO Emmy Award winning show Boardwalk Empire. DeWitt has been featured in Dance Magazine, Dance Teacher Magazine, The New York Times, and is featured in the new Documentary Steps of Freedom- The Story of Irish Dance. He was awarded the Dancer of the Decade Award from Broadway World, The American Tap Dance Foundation’s Hoofer Award, and the NYC Flo Bert award. DeWitt has taught all over the world including New York University, Pace University, Broadway dance center, and steps on Broadway in New York City. Internationally he has taught at institutions in Brazil, Germany, Sweden, Angola, the UK and Ireland. DeWitt also made history by releasing the first jazz album recorded live at Dizzy’s Club Jazz at Lincoln Center with tap dancing on it. He is also the owner of the only company in the world that specializes in making microphones for tap dance. DeW It Right Tap Mics. For more info on DeWitt, please visit www.dewittflemingjr.com. DeWitt is a proud Capezio Athlete.

Ehizoje Azeke (Zoje) is a movement-based director, choreographer, and artist based in NYC. He is represented by McDonald Selznick Associates and Wilhelmina Models. Direction/ Choreography credits include: Day After Your Departure (HBO) - Choreographer, Lady In The Lake with Natalie Portman (Apple +) - Contributing Choreographer, Numero Magazine (Netherlands) - Movement Director, ELLE Magazine (Hungray) - Movement Director, Palomo Spain (NYFW) - Movement Director, Raising Kanan: Season III (STARZ) - Associate Choreographer, Vogue World NYFW -Assistant Choreographer, Palomo Spain NYFW - Movement Director, Bimba Y Palomo Campaign (British Vogue) - Movement Director , It’s Bruno (Netflix) - Assistant Choreographer, Pyer Moss (Paris Fashion Week) - Assistant Choreographer, Nike Holiday Campaign - Assistant Movement Director, Loreal Paris - Assistant Movement Director, Under Pressure Magazine - Movement Director, 3,21 Magazine - Movement Director, Pap Magazine - Movement Director, Kunst Magazine - Movement Director, Park Avenue Armory Gala ’23- Associate Choreographer, Kiss My Aztec (Pre-Broadway/John Leguizamo) - Associate Choreographer, Britton & The Sting at Second Stage Theatre - Choreographer, Monica Dogra “Naraye Mastana” - Choreographer, Sonophonix “Crazy In Love - Choreographer, American Diabetes Association Campaign - Assistant Choreographer. Film Performance Credits include: In The Heights (2021), Bolden (2019), Days After Your Departure (2019), Freedom(2014), Tick Tick Boom (2021) with Lin Manuel Miranda. Television Performance Credits include: Succession (HBO), Vinyl(HBO), The Get Down (Netflix), and Tell Me a Story (CBS). Hawk Eye (Marvel). Live Performance Credits include: the Tony Awards (CBS), the Grammys (CBS), the VMAs (MTV), Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (CBS), Saturday Night Live (NBC), Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO), and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (NBC). Recording Artist Performance Credits include Beyonce, Madonna, Prince, Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, Lizzo, Jennifer Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr, Bebe Rexha, Ingrid Michaelson, Joss Stone, Carrie Underwood, Harry Styles, Bad Bunny, and Ariana Grande. Campaigns include: Nike, Adidas, Reebok, Coach, Anthropologie, Lululemon and Core Water. Ehizoje played Aire in Queen of the Night at the Diamond Horseshoe in NYC. Ehizoje has presented at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art, Perelman Performing Arts Center, Movement Research, University Settlement, and Anoko House. Upcoming: GIlded Age (Max); Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with Jennifer Hudson

Kelby Brown is an esteemed dance educator, having taught at renowned institutions such as American Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey, The School of American Ballet, and Pace University. He has an impressive performance background, including work with State Ballet of Missouri, Los Angeles Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, The Metropolitan Opera, and Cirque du Soleil. As a commercial dancer and choreographer, Kelby has collaborated with stars like Celine Dion, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Usher, and Justin Timberlake. He continues to teach and inspire, leaving a lasting impact on the dance community. Kelby is widely recognized for his contributions to both concert and commercial dance.

Lauren Gaul had a multifaceted professional career performing as a Radio City Rockette for over 10 years appearing in the national touring company and on the great stage at Radio City Music Hall. She was also a Rockette swing for 3 years and worked under the direction of: Linda Haberman, Julie Branam, Dennis Callahan, Becky Downing, and Eileen Grace. As a Rockette she appeared in numerous media tours, events, and parades and on stages such as Radio City Music Hall, the Grand Ol’ Opry, the Wang (Boston), and the Fox (Detroit). She choreographed the Drama League Nominated production of Tennessee Williams’s The Mutilated starring Mink Stole and Penny Arcade (off Broadway). Her choreography has been presented at Jacob’s Pillow Inside Out, Jazz Dance World Congress Emerging Artist Event, Broadway Dance Center, SUNY Purchase, Pace University, Jazz at Lincoln Center and many more. She assistant choreographed shows off Broadway, for regional theater (MSMT), for awards shows (Elan Awards), industrials (Footlocker, Izod, Sesame Street etc.), and cruise lines (Princess, Celebrity), and assistant choreographed for Broadway Bares for three years under the direction of Jerry Mitchell and Denis Jones. She graduated cum laude with a degree in dance performance from Oklahoma City University under the tutelage of Director Jo Rowan and returned to school to get her MFA in dance performance and teaching from the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase College. While at Purchase she was a Graduate Teaching Assistant for Kazuko Hirabayshi and with Roz Newman. She choreographed for the Purchase Nutcracker production and for her graduate research reconstructed a Ruth Currier piece under the direction of Ann Vachon and Alan Danielson of the Limon foundation. In her graduate concerts she worked with many repetiteurs, such as Jim May (Sokolow Foundation), Regina Larkin (Joyce Tristler foundation), The Nagrin Foundation and performed pieces choreographed by Max Stone, Cherice Barton, Daniel Nagrin, Pedro Ruiz, Mark Morris, Joyce Trisler, and Anna Sokolow. Lauren is an Associate Professor of dance and the Associate Director of Sands College of Performing Arts at Pace University where she co-wrote and co-founded the BFA Commercial Dance program. She served for five years as Co-Director of the BFA program and directed the Dance Out Loud concert as well as the Senior Showcase. She recently stepped in as Interim Program Head of the BFA Commercial Dance program where she teaches courses in Jazz Pedagogy, Jazz Technique I and III, Ballet Pedagogy, Dance History, Senior Seminar, Senior Project, Freshman Seminar UNV 101 and more. Her other teaching credits include: Broadway Dance Center, New Dance Group, Dance Masters of America, Perry Mansfield, The Rockette Experience, Oklahoma City University, MacComb College, SUNY Purchase School of the Arts and Conservatory of Dance, NYCDA SDI, The Arts Council of Pennsylvania, and numerous other schools, studios, conventions, and intensives nationwide. Lauren is an ABT® certified teacher from Primary to level 5 and was an Artist in Residence and Director of Dance at the New York School for the Deaf where she created and taught a dance program for students from kindergarten to high school. Lauren Gaul currently lives in Bergen County, New Jersey with her husband, and two daughters, she is an avid watercolor painter and crocheter and loves summers on the Connecticut coast line.

A New Yorker of Canadian and Trinidadian ancestry, Lisa La Touche is a Tap Dance artist, choreographer, educator, and cultural historian whose work bridges performance, research, and Black history. Her Broadway credits include Shuffle Along, choreographed by Savion Glover and directed by George C. Wolfe, for which both the Fred Astaire Award and the Actors’ Equity Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus were received. She is a former “Armstrong Now” Artist in Residence with the Louis Armstrong House and Museum and a current research fellow with the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation. Lisa’s creativity and research centers on lineage and folklore, including her ongoing project “Trinidad & Tap Dance: As Folklore,” developed in collaboration with Etienne Charles. Her television credits include the 70th Annual Tony Awards and Amazon’s Z: The Beginning of Everything. Performance highlights include touring with Savion Glover’s Stepz, appearances at Harlem’s Cotton Club with Dormeshia, and performances with STOMP both Off-Broadway and on its North American tour. Since 2010, she has directed her own company, Tap Phonics, and has been commissioned by institutions such as the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Brooklyn Museum, 92Y, Gibney Dance, Jazz Power Initiative, Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, and more. As an accomplished educator, she works with Apollo Education and serves on faculty at PACE University and Marymount Manhattan College, with prior teaching appointments at NYU, Jacob’s Pillow, the University of Calgary, and the American Tap Dance Foundation. As a writer and director, she has collaborated on documentary projects including her film TRAX, exploring African American migration to western Canada. Above all, her greatest inspiration is being a mother.www.lisalatouche.com

Shelly Hutchinson is a choreographer, educator, dancer,actress and producer in New York City. She has been aContemporary and Musical Theater choreographer for “SoYou Think You Can Dance” Ukraine for the last 5 seasons,also on the creative teams and performed in operas such asCandide, Samson and Delilah, and Aida as associatechoreographer and assistant director. Choreographer foradapted for stage version of Disney’s High School Musical. TV appearances include MTV, CBS Morning Show, ABC,Saturday Night Live, Law & Order, Lipstick Jungle, UglyBetty, Kings, HBO Miniseries “Mildred Pierce”, The TodayShow, David Letterman, The Learning Channel, dancer forWyclef Jean and in Lou Bega’s “Mambo #5”. Performingcredits include Radio City Music Hall, Warner Brothers Films,Disney, Off- Broadway and Regional Theatre, BroadwayBares, International Arts Festival in Italy, Care Wave Japan,National and European Tours including “Fame, the Musical”,Bye Bye Birdie, Irene, and West Side Story, assistantchoreographer for “Falco”, a multi- media show in Vienna,Austria based on the late 80’s pop star. Her work has been seen at City Center, The Apollo,Symphony Space, Merce Cunningham, and New York LiveArts. With 25 years of deep and diverse teaching experiencewith all levels and ages, she has taught at various schoolsand conventions in the US, Germany, Italy, Austria, Prague,Argentina, Japan, Costa Rica, Cirque Du Soleil, in LasVegas, Rutgers University Dance Team and University ofMD. Audition choreographer for Disney, Royal CaribbeanCruise Lines, New York Fashion Week, Choreographer for“Nix” and “Occasion for Sin” and Nominated for “OutstandingChoreography” as part of Planet Connections TheaterFestivity. Currently on faculty at Pace University-Sand College ofPerforming Arts with the Musical Theater and CommercialDance Department, Manhattanville College, BroadwayDance Center. and Joffrey Ballet School in NYC. Currently incertificate training for trauma informed teaching practices,her production company “Royal City K Productions” focuseson producing live events and performances for local aninternational Charities.

Steven Blandino has a BFA in Commercial Dance from Pace University, with a focus in Choreography. Steven is a New York based dancer & choreographer. Teaching credits include Faculty at Steps on Broadway, Pace University, Broadway Dance Center, Peridance Center, and many more. His choreography credits include Broken Bride Off Broadway, Dance Lab New York with mentorship under Ellenore Scott, New York Musical Festival, Carnival in NYC, the Steps Industry Showcase under Joe Lanteri, Dance Out Loud at Pace University, Jete in Los Angeles, the Choreography Lab at Steps, Rebel Rebel: The Many Lives of David Bowie National Tour, Burlesque to BroadwayInternational Tour, APAP, The Young Choreographer’s Festival, Choreographer’s Canvas, Jared Grimes’ “Run the Night”, and most recently put up his own sold out shows at venues such as Symphony Space, Dixon Place, and Peridance KnJ Theater. Steven was named a Finalist for both the Capezio ACE Awards in Los Angeles & the Choreographer’s Cup in Nashville. Steven will premiere his original Off-Broadway Musical production “Falling Fast” in August 2025 at Symphony Space as well as his original dance narrative “Why Can’t I?” at Arts on Site in October. Steven has choreographed for commercial ads such as boredCOW & Noorshama Jewelry. Steven recently founded his dance company & training program treadFAST, which has already gained numerous sold out runs and training intensives in NYC. As a dancer & performer, he has appeared in West Side Story (Chicago Lyric Opera) under Joshua Bergasse, CATSNational Tour, Newsies, West Side Story (Houston Grand Opera, Weston Playhouse), Sleeping Beauty Dreams (The Beacon Theatre in NYC/The Artsch Center in Miami), Mamma Mia!, Shrek (Tuacahn Center of the Arts), Phish at Madison Square Garden as well as ads for Johnson & Johnson, Carnegie Hall, and many more. Steven was also a part of the West Side Story premiere in Italy and has danced under leading names in the Professional industry.

JASON STYRES is an award-winning creative educator and casting director, who got his start under the acclaimed casting director Jay Binder. His work encompasses all media, including theatre, TV, film, commercials, live events, dance companies, and more. Holding the unique honor of having cast for more choreographers than anyone else in the world, he has carved out a special niche in the dance community. His vast knowledge of styles, genres, training programs, educators, and dancers allows him the ability to bring true artistic collaboration to the dancemakers of today and tomorrow. Founder and creative director of the Casting Collaborative, and founder of the Caucus for Independent Casting.

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 thedevelopment 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.

Maya Addie grew up in Mesa, Arizona, and began dancing at the age of three. She is a graduate of the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program, where she received comprehensive training in both classical and contemporary dance. Throughout her formative years, Maya enriched her education by spending summers training with prestigious institutions and programs, including The School at Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Program, Abraham In Motion, Joffrey Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Alvin Ailey, Giordano Dance, the Rockettes Summer Invitational, and Axis Connect. In 2019, she joined the ensemble of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and since 2021, she has been a Radio City Rockette. As a Rockette, Maya has performed in a wide range of celebrated productions and appearances. Her credits include performing with Mariah Carey at Madison Square Garden for the CBS Merry Christmas to All special, and with Katy Perry for the Tiffany & Co. Landmark event. She has appeared on national broadcasts such as The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, LIVE with Kelly and Mark, The TODAY Show, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting. She has also been featured in campaigns for SKIMS at Rockefeller Center, Sephora with a billboard in Times Square, Google Pixel commercials, and collaborations with Lululemon and KITH. In addition to her work with the Rockettes, Maya performed in the opening number of the Tony Awards choreographed by Emmy Award winning Karla Garcia, and took the stage at the NBCUniversal Upfronts under the direction of Shannon Lewis and Mark Myers. She continues to explore all styles of dance and finds joy in discovering new movements through improvisation and choreography.

Born in New York City, Catherine Hurlin joined the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis school of American Ballet Theatre at the age of 12 under the direction of Franco DeVita. She joined ABT’s Studio Company in 2012. Catherine joined ABT as an apprentice in December 2013 and the corps de ballet in June 2014. She was promoted to Soloist in September 2018 and to Principal In 2022. Her repertoire with the Company includes principal roles such as Kitri in Don Quixote, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Juliet in Sir Kenneth MacMillian’s Romeo and Juliet, Giselle and Myrta in Giselle, and created the principal role Calirhoe in Alexi Ratmanski’s Of Love and Rage. And a fun fact: Catherine was Clara in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular early on in her career!

Chloé Arnold is an Emmy-nominated choreographer and tap dancer, discovered at a young age in Washington, DC by Debbie Allen. Her choreography has been featured on numerous hit TV shows including over 70 episodes of The Late Late Show with James Corden, with A-list guests from Will Smith and Hugh Jackman to Ariana Grande and BTS. Other credits include Bel Air, So You Think You Can Dance, Good Morning America, the Ellen Show, The Talk, A Black Lady Sketch Show, Hello, Jack!, History of the World Part II, and John Legend and Chrissy Teigen’s A Legendary Christmas. She most recently choreographed Jerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted for Netflix and the Apple TV+ musical film Spirited, starring Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds and Octavia Spencer.

Chloé is widely known as the founder of the female tap dance band Syncopated Ladies, whose fierce footwork and feminine style have drawn over 200 million views online. Alongside their own sold-out concert tours, live credits include CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live, Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas to All at Madison Square Garden, The Kelly Clarkson Show, Good Morning America, Global Citizen Week, New York Fashion Week, Essence Fest, the Glamour Women of the Year Awards, the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative at the US Open, JP Morgan Chase Women on the Move at Radio City Music Hall, the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, the Women in the World Summit at Lincoln Center, and the Democratic National Convention.

She is a 2024 Ebony Power 100 honoree, was named one of LeBron James’ “The Strongest” for Essence, appeared on The Root 100 List, and was featured in Shonda Rhimes and Microsoft’s “Language of Leadership” panel. An entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist, she holds a degree in Film from Columbia University. With her sister Maud she produced the award-winning documentary Tap World, co-directs the DC Tap Festival, and co-produces the Hollywood Tap Festival with Debbie Allen and the Debbie Allen Dance Academy. Through the Chloé and Maud Foundation they create equal-opportunity access to dance education for underserved communities, with after-school programmes in South Central LA and in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

Ehizoje Azeke (Zoje) is a movement-based director, choreographer, and artist based in NYC. He is represented by McDonald Selznick Associates and Wilhelmina Models. Direction/ Choreography credits include: Day After Your Departure (HBO) - Choreographer, Lady In The Lake with Natalie Portman (Apple +) - Contributing Choreographer, Numero Magazine (Netherlands) - Movement Director, ELLE Magazine (Hungray) - Movement Director, Palomo Spain (NYFW) - Movement Director, Raising Kanan: Season III (STARZ) - Associate Choreographer, Vogue World NYFW -Assistant Choreographer, Palomo Spain NYFW - Movement Director, Bimba Y Palomo Campaign (British Vogue) - Movement Director , It’s Bruno (Netflix) - Assistant Choreographer, Pyer Moss (Paris Fashion Week) - Assistant Choreographer, Nike Holiday Campaign - Assistant Movement Director, Loreal Paris - Assistant Movement Director, Under Pressure Magazine - Movement Director, 3,21 Magazine - Movement Director, Pap Magazine - Movement Director, Kunst Magazine - Movement Director, Park Avenue Armory Gala ’23- Associate Choreographer, Kiss My Aztec (Pre-Broadway/John Leguizamo) - Associate Choreographer, Britton & The Sting at Second Stage Theatre - Choreographer, Monica Dogra “Naraye Mastana” - Choreographer, Sonophonix “Crazy In Love - Choreographer, American Diabetes Association Campaign - Assistant Choreographer. Film Performance Credits include: In The Heights (2021), Bolden (2019), Days After Your Departure (2019), Freedom(2014), Tick Tick Boom (2021) with Lin Manuel Miranda. Television Performance Credits include: Succession (HBO), Vinyl(HBO), The Get Down (Netflix), and Tell Me a Story (CBS). Hawk Eye (Marvel). Live Performance Credits include: the Tony Awards (CBS), the Grammys (CBS), the VMAs (MTV), Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (CBS), Saturday Night Live (NBC), Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO), and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (NBC). Recording Artist Performance Credits include Beyonce, Madonna, Prince, Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, Lizzo, Jennifer Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr, Bebe Rexha, Ingrid Michaelson, Joss Stone, Carrie Underwood, Harry Styles, Bad Bunny, and Ariana Grande. Campaigns include: Nike, Adidas, Reebok, Coach, Anthropologie, Lululemon and Core Water. Ehizoje played Aire in Queen of the Night at the Diamond Horseshoe in NYC. Ehizoje has presented at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art, Perelman Performing Arts Center, Movement Research, University Settlement, and Anoko House. Upcoming: GIlded Age (Max); Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with Jennifer Hudson

Lauren Gaul had a multifaceted professional career performing as a Radio City Rockette for over 10 years appearing in the national touring company and on the great stage at Radio City Music Hall. She was also a Rockette swing for 3 years and worked under the direction of: Linda Haberman, Julie Branam, Dennis Callahan, Becky Downing, and Eileen Grace. As a Rockette she appeared in numerous media tours, events, and parades and on stages such as Radio City Music Hall, the Grand Ol’ Opry, the Wang (Boston), and the Fox (Detroit). She choreographed the Drama League Nominated production of Tennessee Williams’s The Mutilated starring Mink Stole and Penny Arcade (off Broadway). Her choreography has been presented at Jacob’s Pillow Inside Out, Jazz Dance World Congress Emerging Artist Event, Broadway Dance Center, SUNY Purchase, Pace University, Jazz at Lincoln Center and many more. She assistant choreographed shows off Broadway, for regional theater (MSMT), for awards shows (Elan Awards), industrials (Footlocker, Izod, Sesame Street etc.), and cruise lines (Princess, Celebrity), and assistant choreographed for Broadway Bares for three years under the direction of Jerry Mitchell and Denis Jones. She graduated cum laude with a degree in dance performance from Oklahoma City University under the tutelage of Director Jo Rowan and returned to school to get her MFA in dance performance and teaching from the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase College. While at Purchase she was a Graduate Teaching Assistant for Kazuko Hirabayshi and with Roz Newman. She choreographed for the Purchase Nutcracker production and for her graduate research reconstructed a Ruth Currier piece under the direction of Ann Vachon and Alan Danielson of the Limon foundation. In her graduate concerts she worked with many repetiteurs, such as Jim May (Sokolow Foundation), Regina Larkin (Joyce Tristler foundation), The Nagrin Foundation and performed pieces choreographed by Max Stone, Cherice Barton, Daniel Nagrin, Pedro Ruiz, Mark Morris, Joyce Trisler, and Anna Sokolow. Lauren is an Associate Professor of dance and the Associate Director of Sands College of Performing Arts at Pace University where she co-wrote and co-founded the BFA Commercial Dance program. She served for five years as Co-Director of the BFA program and directed the Dance Out Loud concert as well as the Senior Showcase. She recently stepped in as Interim Program Head of the BFA Commercial Dance program where she teaches courses in Jazz Pedagogy, Jazz Technique I and III, Ballet Pedagogy, Dance History, Senior Seminar, Senior Project, Freshman Seminar UNV 101 and more. Her other teaching credits include: Broadway Dance Center, New Dance Group, Dance Masters of America, Perry Mansfield, The Rockette Experience, Oklahoma City University, MacComb College, SUNY Purchase School of the Arts and Conservatory of Dance, NYCDA SDI, The Arts Council of Pennsylvania, and numerous other schools, studios, conventions, and intensives nationwide. Lauren is an ABT® certified teacher from Primary to level 5 and was an Artist in Residence and Director of Dance at the New York School for the Deaf where she created and taught a dance program for students from kindergarten to high school. Lauren Gaul currently lives in Bergen County, New Jersey with her husband, and two daughters, she is an avid watercolor painter and crocheter and loves summers on the Connecticut coast line.

Linda Haberman has combined her classical ballet background and years of Broadway experience to develop a unique voice as a choreographer. Her work is recognized for its demanding physicality, sophisticated style, and detailed synchronization. She attributes her time spent assisting the luminaries, Jerome Robbins and Bob Fosse, for influencing her approach to both directing and choreographing. Linda is honored to be able to continue her connection to Mr. Fosse through her ongoing work with The Verdon Fosse® Legacy. In 2021 she directed, reconstructed and provided additional choreography for Sweet Gwen Suite, a trio of dances, originally choreographed by Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon, which premiered at the Fall for Dance Festival. She is thrilled to explore the next evolution of this piece when she stages it for the 2024/25 season of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Ms. Haberman became the first woman to be named sole director and choreographer of the Radio City Rockettes in 2006. For the next 9 years, with her innovative choreography and use of ground-breaking technology, she pushed the iconic troupe to new heights and critical acclaim. She also created, choregraphed, and supervised multiple touring productions of the Christmas Spectacular, which played in over 80 cities across North America. Linda has choreographed numerous Off Broadway and regional productions, and her work has been seen on television shows such as the NBC broadcast of The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Dancing With The Stars, America’s Got Talent, Project Runway, The Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting, The Annual Daytime Emmy Awards and The Today’s Show. In Japan she directed and choreographed six productions of La Cage Aux Folles and choreographed numerous lavish productions for the world renowned Takarazuka Revue Company, as well as creating several pieces for their sold-out run at the Joyce Theatre. On Broadway, Linda was the assistant choreographer to Bob Fosse on his last show, Big Deal, was assistant choreographer to Jerome Robbins during the reconstruction and audition phase of Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, and assisted choreographer, Christopher Chadman, on the hit revival of Guys and Dolls. She had featured dance roles in the original Broadway productions of Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, La Cage Aux Folles and Can-Can, and she performed The Manson Trio, with Ben Vereen, in the video version of Pippin. As a young dancer Ms. Haberman trained on scholarship with San Francisco Ballet and School of American Ballet, and was an apprentice with the Harkness Ballet. Recently, Linda accepted an invitation from the Jerome Robbins’ Dance Division of the New York Public Library to participate in their Oral History Project. Her interview, discussing her life and career, is now available in the library archives.

A Maryland native, Marcus received his B. S. degree from North Carolina A&T State University. He debuted as Ensemble/Titan in Disney’s Hercules at PaperMill Playhouse. On Broadway, he was Associate Choreographer for & Juliet. Off-Broadway, he choreographed the iLuminateshow, “Artist of Light”. Working with top choreographers, Tanisha Scott, Rich & Tone Talauega, and Gil Duldulao, his commercial performance credits include Janet Jackson, Rihanna, Lizzo, Jennifer Hudson, Mariah Carey, Kylie Minogue, and more. He is featured in the movie “Isn’t ItRomantic”, alongside Rebel Wilson, and the American Musical film “In The Heights”. He dedicates everything to his Mother.

Tamisha A. Guy, a native of Trinidad and Tobago, studied at Ballet Tech under Eliot Feld, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, and SUNY Purchase. In 2013, she joined the Martha Graham Dance Company. Awards include the 2016 Princess Grace Award and 2022 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Dance. She was named one of Dance Magazine’s 2016 “Top 25 to Watch” and Dance Europe’s 2017 “Best Dancers of the Year.” Guy was a performer with A. I. M by Kyle Abraham from 2014 to 2025, serving as the Rehearsal Director for four of those years. She is currently a Dance Lecturer at Barnard College and the Founder of HUETAPE, a skin-toned kinesiology tape brand celebrating the unique needs of melanated individuals.

Charlie has originated 10 Broadway Musicals as a performer including Wicked, Kinky Boots, The Addams Family, An American in Paris and more. Director/Choreography Credits: Natasha Pierre…(PCLO), Escape to Margaritaville (North Shore), NBC Up-Fronts, SNL Billy Eillish, Newsies (Theatre By The Sea), Evita (ACT), Matilda (Cape Fear). Associate Credits: The Great Gatsby (Broadway), Spamalot (Broadway Revival), Diana (Netflix, Broadway), Who’s Tommy (Kennedy Center), Clueless (Off-Broadway), Kinky Boots (off -Broadway). Visit charliesutton.net.

Eric Quang Gelb is a NYC based director who specializes in infusing the same diversity and thoughtfulness one would for Shakespeare into commercial musicals & live branded entertainment. He has guest directed large-scale musicals at theatres across the country, and recently was an Stage Directors & Choreographers Foundation Shadow at HAMILTON on Broadway under Resident Director Hannah Ryan. As part of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade’s Creative Producing team, Eric seasonally casts and directs 80+ characters, SAG dancers and vocalists to accompany celebrities and floats. He is part of the team that develops and produces all overarching and thematic creative, 12 marching bands, 12 performance groups, 4 Broadway shows and the world-famous Radio City Rockettes. In his pursuit to show 31 million+ viewers that diverse artists exist in stories not about hardship but whimsy and fantasy, he led Sheryl Lee Ralph’s historic turn as the first Black Mrs. Claus. He has directed for LEGOLAND NY, overseen ship entertainment for Norwegian Cruise Line (SIX, Burn the Floor) and brought characters to life at Walt Disney World & SeaWorld Orlando. Eric made his Broadway debut at 19 years old on Head Over Heels in 2018, and is currently on Little Shop of Horrors Off-Broadway. He has been part of two inaugural cohorts - Baseline Theatrical’s Beyond the Stagedoor and Broadway for Racial Justice’s Casting Initiative. He received his Bachelors of Science in 2020 for Educational Theatre at NYU Steinhardt. His ethos is to sit at the intersection of specificity and flexibility, to create the clarity needed to demand artistic excellence (not perfection), without sacrificing respect and humanity. “Full out, no marking!”

Fatima Wilson has recently joined as an Agent in Production Arts at United Talent Agency, specializing in choreography & dance. Previously, Fatima worked for Bloc Talent Agency NYC as Head of Choreography, Commercial, and Dance. During her 15-year tenure, Fatima represented talent for international artists, including Lizzo, Beyonce, Cardi B, Rihanna, Usher, and Janet Jackson. At Bloc NYC, Fatima developed a competitive commercial and print department to intersect with the dance and choreography department. Fatima grew up in Toronto, Canada, where she co-founded Blaze Entertainment in 2001. In Toronto, she was a Casting Director for artists including The Rolling Stones, Kelis, Seal, and U2.

Originally from Columbus, Ohio now residing in Queens, NY, Kendra has performed professionally Off-Broadway, regionally and internationally for over 20 years. Through her performance career she freelanced in casting and found a love for helping make dreams come true. Some of her most recent casting credits include: A Wonderful World (Broadway), Lion King (Broadway/Tour), and the world premiere of My Best Friend’s Wedding (Ogunquit Playhouse). With a strong focus on diversity, equity and inclusion, Kendra has thoroughly enjoyed working with students and professionals of all nationalities around the world as well as creating a comfortable and safe audition environment.

Alicia began her inaugural season as Dean and Director of Juilliard Dance in the fall of 2018. Before assuming that role, Alicia enjoyed a distinguished career as a principal dancer of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Dance Theatre of Harlem and Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Ms. Graf Mack has danced as a guest performer with Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Beyoncé, John Legend, Andre 3000, Alicia Keys and Jon Batiste, in addition to numerous appearances in galas, festivals and nationally aired television shows. Ms. Graf Mack graduated magna cum laude with honors in history from Columbia University and holds an MA in nonprofit management from Washington University in St. Louis. As a dance educator, Ms. Graf Mack was an assistant professor at Webster University in 2010-2011 and 2015-2018, and taught as adjunct faculty at the University of Houston and Washington University in St. Louis. She is a co-founder of D(n)A Arts Collective, an initiative created with her sister to enrich the lives of young dancers through master classes and intensives. Alicia Graf Mack is the proud co-producer and host of a new podcast, Moving Moments, featuring authentic conversations with some of the most celebrated, ground-breaking artists in the field of dance.

Ehizoje Azeke (Zoje) is a movement-based director, choreographer, and artist based in NYC. He is represented by McDonald Selznick Associates and Wilhelmina Models. Direction/ Choreography credits include: Day After Your Departure (HBO) - Choreographer, Lady In The Lake with Natalie Portman (Apple +) - Contributing Choreographer, Numero Magazine (Netherlands) - Movement Director, ELLE Magazine (Hungray) - Movement Director, Palomo Spain (NYFW) - Movement Director, Raising Kanan: Season III (STARZ) - Associate Choreographer, Vogue World NYFW -Assistant Choreographer, Palomo Spain NYFW - Movement Director, Bimba Y Palomo Campaign (British Vogue) - Movement Director , It’s Bruno (Netflix) - Assistant Choreographer, Pyer Moss (Paris Fashion Week) - Assistant Choreographer, Nike Holiday Campaign - Assistant Movement Director, Loreal Paris - Assistant Movement Director, Under Pressure Magazine - Movement Director, 3,21 Magazine - Movement Director, Pap Magazine - Movement Director, Kunst Magazine - Movement Director, Park Avenue Armory Gala ’23- Associate Choreographer, Kiss My Aztec (Pre-Broadway/John Leguizamo) - Associate Choreographer, Britton & The Sting at Second Stage Theatre - Choreographer, Monica Dogra “Naraye Mastana” - Choreographer, Sonophonix “Crazy In Love - Choreographer, American Diabetes Association Campaign - Assistant Choreographer. Film Performance Credits include: In The Heights (2021), Bolden (2019), Days After Your Departure (2019), Freedom(2014), Tick Tick Boom (2021) with Lin Manuel Miranda. Television Performance Credits include: Succession (HBO), Vinyl(HBO), The Get Down (Netflix), and Tell Me a Story (CBS). Hawk Eye (Marvel). Live Performance Credits include: the Tony Awards (CBS), the Grammys (CBS), the VMAs (MTV), Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (CBS), Saturday Night Live (NBC), Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO), and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (NBC). Recording Artist Performance Credits include Beyonce, Madonna, Prince, Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, Lizzo, Jennifer Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr, Bebe Rexha, Ingrid Michaelson, Joss Stone, Carrie Underwood, Harry Styles, Bad Bunny, and Ariana Grande. Campaigns include: Nike, Adidas, Reebok, Coach, Anthropologie, Lululemon and Core Water. Ehizoje played Aire in Queen of the Night at the Diamond Horseshoe in NYC. Ehizoje has presented at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art, Perelman Performing Arts Center, Movement Research, University Settlement, and Anoko House. Upcoming: GIlded Age (Max); Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with Jennifer Hudson

John Carrafa has choreographed more than 160 episodes of television on 47 different shows, 28 feature films, and 9 Broadway shows. He’s received an Emmy Nomination, two Tony Award Nominations, the World Dance Award for Feature Film, Media Choreography Honors, an Obie Award, Lucille Lortel Award, and Dora Award (Canadian Tony Award) as well as Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, and Jefferson Award Nominations. In addition to his work on Broadway, he’s choreographed new plays and musicals at the The Public Theater, Lincoln Center Theater, New York Theater Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, The City Center Encores! Series, Manhattan Theater Club, The Roundabout Theater Company, The Vineyard Theater, Second Stage, Yale Repertory Theater, The Goodman Theater, American Conservatory Theater, Theater For a New Audience, The Kennedy Center, The Washington Opera, and Disney World. He’s collaborated on new work with writers James Lapine, Tom Stoppard, Sarah Ruhl, Terrence McNally, Wendy Wasserstein, A. R. Gurney, Paula Vogel — and composers Tom Kitt, Michael John LaChiusa, and Stephen Sondheim. His choreography for the classics includes multiple works by Shakespeare, Checkov, Strindberg, Brecht/Weil, Wagner and Berg. His directing work spans stage and screen, including ABC television show NASHVILLE, the Broadway musical GOOD VIBRATIONS, the dark circus CIRQUE BERZERK and televised productions for the National Basketball Association on NBC and ESPN. The musical ACADEMY, which he directed at the New York Musical Theater Festival, was chosen to represent the United States at the Daegu, South Korea International Music Theater Festival where it won Best Musical and he won Best Director. Though initially trained in ballet, tap and modern dance, his work today spans a wide array of dance styles—from hip hop to historical reconstructions—in moments where dance is called upon to carry the story. He’s known for being as comfortable choreographing actors with no dance training as he is with highly trained technical dancers. His calm and methodical approach has brought out the inner dancer in countless number of the biggest stars in Hollywood including Robert DeNiro, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Steve Martin, Nathan Lane, Anne Hathaway, Mark Wahlberg and Connie Britton. Commercials include spots for Bombas, Vera Wang, Swarovski Crystal, The Gap, Macy’s, Barnes and Noble, White House Black Market and Sprint. Music videos include Sara Bareilles’, “Armor” and Noah and the Whale’s “Life is Life.”Prior to beginning his career as a director/choreographer, John Carrafa danced with and assisted choreographer Twyla Tharp for a decade. As a member of her company, he danced in multiple world tours and worked with her in creating some of her most iconic dances, including works for the films AMADEUS and RAGTIME, and the Broadway production of SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN.

Khori is a NYC based performer and educator. She studied at Dance Theater of Harlem, North Carolina School of the Arts, The Ailey School and received her BFA in dance from NYU. She has danced with choreographers such as Sean Curran, Nathan Trice, Aszure Barton, Cherice Barton, and Benoit Swan. Credits include Aladdin the Musical (OBC), Moulin Rouge the Musical (OBC) and her principal debut in the company of Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ where she landed a Chita Rivera Award nomination (Outstanding Dancer in a Broadway show) as well as a win (Outstanding Ensemble in a Bway show)! She is currently in the Broadway company of Chicago the Musical. Some other credits include In the Heights (Kennedy Center), The Color Purple (Nat. Tour), King Kong, American Dance Machine, Freddie Falls in Love ( Signature Theater: Al Blackstone) and Roman Holiday (San Francisco). Tv credits include: Up Here (Hulu), Rent: Live (FOX) , The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) ,Vinyl (HBO), The Knick (Cinemax), and Z:The Beginning of Everything (Amazon).

Maguette Camara is a globally recognized West African dancer, choreographer, teacher anddrummer who is based in New York City. Maguette began his career at a young age with The Ballet Bougarabou Dance Company inDakar, Senegal. His extensive experiences with this company allowed him to perform andpresent workshops in Morocco, Canada, Senegal, South Korea, Guadeloupe and the UnitedStates. His dedication and talent have earned him the opportunity to perform in impressivevenues such as the Guggenheim Museum, The American Museum of Natural History, Museumfor African Art NYC, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Rolling Stones World Tour, EpcotTheme Park at Walt Disney World, The World Trade Center Jazz Festival, the BroadwayPerformance Angelique, Battery Park City Parks Conservancy, Ailey Move NYC in Bryant Parkand Times Square, and the opening act for Senegalese vocalist, Baaba Maal. Maguette alsowas a featured choreographer and dancer at the Newport Jazz Festival, “A Bridge Together”, anInternational Music and Dance event. Maguette’s talents have been praised by The New York Times, The Root TV, Dance TeacherMagazine, The New York Public Library, The Villager, Good Day New York, New York 1 News,Fox 5, NBC and MTV. Maguette’s unique pedagogical approach has earned accolades in DanceTeacher Magazine, May 2016, “How I teach West African”; and in broadcast, Positively Black onNBC New York, an interview in which he discusses his teaching as a way of showcasing WestAfrican culture by creating a community through dance. In 2022, Maguette’s talent wasrecognized by the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) when he was honored withthe award for “Outstanding Established Dance Education in the Independent Sector”. Maguette has been a faculty member at The Ailey School and Barnard College since 1997. Hewas one one of the original teaching artists for the Ailey extension and continues to teachweekly open classes for all levels and all ages at The Ailey Studios and Djoniba at PeridanceCapezio Center. Camara is known for his incredible energy and positive demeanor. Maguette’s New York Cityin-person classes have enjoyed a devoted following at all skill levels. His remote live classescontinue to reach hundreds of participants from across the globe from France, Germany, Israel,Canada and Australia.“If an educator shows passion for what they do, it can only draw students in,” said KatieGlasner, Assistant Chair and Senior Associate at The Department of Dance at Barnard College.“His absolute unbridled joy for what he does is simply infectious.

Most recently, she choreographed ROCK OF AGES, GUYS AND DOLLS, JESUS CHRIST SUPER STAR, and GODSPELL. Sara has worked on several Broadway shows, including MATILDA, BILLY ELLIOT, 42nd STREET, and WHITE CHRISTMAS, THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER, and AFTER THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC, and has had the pleasure of working at some of the country’s most distinguished theatres, including The Kennedy Center, New York City Center (Encores!), Goodspeed Opera House, Asolo Repertory Theatre, The Alley Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, The 5th Avenue Theatre and many more. She has directed and choreographed revivals of CABARET, FOLLIES, and SPRING AWAKENING among others, and also enjoys developing new musicals and directing/choreographing for live events. Sara was a Radio City Rockette, and is on faculty at Pace University in NYC. She is lead faculty for Juilliard’s Summer Arts Program in musical theatre! Visit www. SaraBrians.com for more on her incredible career!

Last seen in the Broadway revivals of Dancin’, and Funny Girl, Afra is a veteran performer with 10 Broadway credits to her name. Some of her favorites include Hadestown (where she understudied the role of Persephone), SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical where she played Michael/Maid and understudied Disco Donna Summer (performing the role 25 times), In The Heights (Original Broadway Company with Lin-Manuel Miranda), Shuffle Along (Original Broadway Company alongside Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Billy Porter and Joshua Henry with choreography by Savion Glover), Ghost (Original Broadway Company, understudy Clara/Louise), and Motown (understudy Tina Marie). She also spent a year on the First National Tour of HAMILTON (Angelica Tour) playing San Francisco and Los Angeles. Additionally, Afra was a Radio City Rockette for 7 years. You can see Afra in NBC’s Annie Live!, and the miniseries Fosse/Verdon with Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams, on FX. Other television work includes Boardwalk Empire (Onyx Dancer), Curb Your Enthusiasm (Hamilton ensemble), The Detour (B. Frank ensemble), Mozart In the Jungle, and SNL.

Born and raised in Brooklyn NY, Andrew started his performing career at the early age of 17. He began dancing for Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida as a “Kid of the Kingdom” as well as a dancer in Beauty and the Beast. He then continued on to perform for Royal Caribbean, the Radio City Christmas Spectacular in both NYC and Branson, Missouri, as well as numerous industrials, television commercials, movies and episodes of SNL. Andrew was also an original member of Mia Michael’s dance company R. A. W.(Reality At Work), and not long after that, he began performing for A Few Good Men Dancin. More of Andrew’s professional credits include: the national tour of FAME the Musical, the off–Broadway company of FAME on 42nd Street, A Chorus Line at the Lenape PAC, a featured role in Radio City’s workshop of Carnivale, and an original company member of the American premiere of WE WILL ROCK YOU in Las Vegas. “Chistery” in the critically acclaimed musical, Wicked. Some Choreography credits include, A Capital Fourth on PBS 2019, 2021& 2022. Broadway Bares XXX: Circus, Zombie Wedding Movie, Broadway Bares Take Flight: Ground Crew, Red Bucket Follies 2023 Opening Number. FAME the Musical at Capitol Playhouse as well as The International Music Festival in Mauca China, Commercial’s for the Japanese Chocolate Company GLICO, TROJAN brand company, TENA products & Bud Light. Workshop of Caty Bridgewater a new musical, music and lyrics by Bobby Cronin. Break Out In Song Anything Goes Starring Katie Thompson NYC & CT. Associate/Assistant Directing & Choreography forHairspray, Forever Plaid, Smokey Joe’s Café, Chicago, A Chorus Line, Grease, Dance Break, Sweet Charity workshop NYC , Carnivale workshop Radio City Music Hall, Orpheus NYC Opera & A Few Good Men Dancin NYC & National Tour, Mozart In The Jungle, Modern Love & Katy Keene. Assocaite Choreographer of the Broadway musical Escape To Margaritaville as well as the National Tour. Recently worked with Tyce Diorio as associate choreographer on a new musical Music City. Currently the associate choreographer on the new Television series Pretty Little Liars : Original Sin for HBO MAX, as well as working on a new show he created for Oceana crusie line. Even before his professional career as a dancer began, Andrew had already made great strides as a dance educator and choreographer. From age 15, teaching class and creating choreography at his home studio, Horizons Dance Center was a natural progression in Andrew’s dance life. His award winning and nationally recognized choreography can be seen showcased throughout the country as well as in Canada at many local dance studios, dance companies and college dance teams. Andrew has a lot to offer in his class besides his dance education and knowledge. He strides to inspire, educate, create unique movement, and make the experience of his class positive and uplifting. Being born and raised in NY has given Andrew a dynamic and eclectic eye for dance. His style of choreography represents openness for constant growth and self-discovery.

Fatima Wilson has recently joined as an Agent in Production Arts at United Talent Agency, specializing in choreography & dance. Previously, Fatima worked for Bloc Talent Agency NYC as Head of Choreography, Commercial, and Dance. During her 15-year tenure, Fatima represented talent for international artists, including Lizzo, Beyonce, Cardi B, Rihanna, Usher, and Janet Jackson. At Bloc NYC, Fatima developed a competitive commercial and print department to intersect with the dance and choreography department. Fatima grew up in Toronto, Canada, where she co-founded Blaze Entertainment in 2001. In Toronto, she was a Casting Director for artists including The Rolling Stones, Kelis, Seal, and U2.

Karla Puno Garcia is currently one of Dance Magazine’s 2024 ‘25 to Watch.’ She was the first woman of color to choreograph the Tony Awards (76th Annual). Other choreography credits: additional scenes for the Lin Manuel Miranda directed Netflix film tick, tick … BOOM!; The Starz series Power: Raising Kanaan; Days of Wine and Roses: Broadway (co-choreographer); The Connector (MCC Theatre); Duncan Sheik musical Noir (Alley Theatre); Mathew Lopez’s Somewhere (Geva Theatre); Gone Missing (Encores Off-Center); Other World (Delaware Theatre Company); and In The Heights (VA Repertory) in which she received the Richmond Theater Critics Award for Best Choreography. As a dancer, Karla’s favorite performance credits include Broadway’s Hamilton: An American Musical, where she was a swing for four years; West Side Story, Gigi, Hot Feet; National and International Tours Wicked, Addams Family, Bad Boys of Dance. TV: Smash (season 2) and So You Think You Can Dance (season 5). Films: Better Nate Than Ever and Blues Clues Broadway Dreams. Karla has a BFA in dance from NYU Tisch, and she is currently on faculty at Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway.

Sean Webb is the Director of Performer Casting at RWS and oversees casting operations for artists at Sea on over 21 cruise ships. Prior to RWS, Sean was an agent at a bicoastal agency; representing top tier talent in dance, choreography, commercials, print, education and more. Sean is an avid world traveler, dog dad, and aficionado of all things live entertainment. He is grateful to be able to audition and source talent all over the globe.

Beau Harmon (he/him) is a New York City-based performer and choreographer. Born and raised in Kennesaw, Georgia, Beau began his dance training at the age of three. He went on to attend Texas State University where he received his BFA in Musical Theatre under the direction of Kaitlin Hopkins. In his summers, Beau has trained with The Joffrey Ballet and The Globe Theatre in London. Beau was seen on season 17 of So You Think You Can Dance, where he finished as a top 6 contestant. While on the show, he had the honor of working with acclaimed choreographers such as Mandy Moore, Al Blackstone, Talia Favia, Luther Brown, Brian Friedman, Dominique Kelly, Emma Slater, Sasha Farber, Jonathan Redavid, Chase Haley Bowden, and Mandy and Elizabeth. Most recently, Beau had the privilege of dancing for Mandy Moore and Al Blackstone in an upcoming Paramount Pictures feature film, starring Ryan Reynolds. Some of Beau's regional performance credits include The Music Man (Marcellus) and Guys and Dolls (Angie the Ox) at Wagon Wheel Center For The Arts. As well as Twist, An American Musical at the Alliance Theater, directed and choreographed by Debbie Allen. Beau has served as a choreographer, associate, and dance captain in multiple regional and collegiate productions. Some of his favorite credits include The Music Man (co-choreographer) at Wagon Wheel Center For The Arts, La Cage Aux Folles (associate director/choreographer) at Redhouse Arts Center, and Cabaret (co-choreographer) at Texas State. Now with two decades worth of experience, Beau has begun passing on his knowledge through dance education. This past year, he joined the faculty at Steps on Broadway as a guest teacher. In Beau's class, all are welcome. He firmly believes that to dance is to celebrate life and that dance is meant for every body.

Christopher Jarosz has been teaching and dancing professionally for over a decade. After his childhood dance training, he was accepted to the prestigious Southern Methodist University dance program on scholarship. In 2008, Chris competed as one of the top 20 dancers on the fourth season of the hit reality TV show So You Think You Can Dance. Immediately after graduating from SMU, he became an original cast member of Cirque Du Soleil's Viva ELVIS! in Las Vegas. Chris represented Cirque Du Soleil on many television shows, such as So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing With the Stars, The Bachelor, and The Emmy’s. His work in TV/Film continued in LA with features on Glee, Fuller House, ABC's The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Toyota 2015, LA LA Land and Behind the Candelabra. He was paired with JLO on her Dance Again single album cover, and performed alongside Taylor Swift in her VMA’s Shake It Off performance. Chris continued his work with Cirque Du Soleil as an IRIS cast member at the Kodak theater. In 2016, he moved to NYC to be an original cast member of Radio City’s summer show, The New York Spectacular. The following year, he booked the National Tour of the hit Broadway show Wicked. Chris continues to reside in NYC where he works commercially with artists such as Derek and Julianne Hough, Betty Who, Stacey Tookey, Spencer Liff, Vincent Paterson, Bonnie Story, Mia Michaels, Rich and Tone, Al Blackstone, Nick Kenkel, Zach Woodlee, and Brooke Lipton on shows like Good Morning America and The Today Show. His latest work has been with Tanisha Scott on Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll; Chris Scott on In The Heights; James Alsop on Devil Wears Prada. His dancing will be featured this upcoming Met Season as one of the dancers in their production of Der Fliegende Hollaander. You can find Chris most recently in Jlo’s film, Marry Me!

Daniel Ulbricht, born in Florida, is known as “the Billy Elliot of St. Petersburg” for his rise from local karate kid to international dance star. He began training at eleven at the Judith Lee Johnson Studio of Dance, later studying with Javier Dubrocq of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba and at the Chautauqua Summer Dance Program with former New York City Ballet principals Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and Patricia McBride.

At sixteen he was invited to the School of American Ballet, and while still a student was chosen to debut an original role with New York City Ballet as a Jester in Peter Martins’ production of The Sleeping Beauty. He joined the company in 2001, was named the Janice Levin Dancer Honoree for 2003–2004, was promoted to soloist in 2005 and to principal dancer in 2007. He has performed featured roles across the repertory — Balanchine’s Prodigal Son, Tarantella, Stars and Stripes, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Rubies; Robbins’ Fancy Free, Interplay and The Four Seasons; works by Peter Martins, Christopher Wheeldon and Alexei Ratmansky — originating principal roles in a number of them. The New York Times’ Alastair Macaulay wrote of his Prodigal Son: “the amazing height and force of his jumps in the first scene caused excitement. He also showed, as ever, ace timing and utter commitment to the action.”

He danced Tarantella at the 2004 Kennedy Center Honors for the Balanchine Centenary, and performed Prodigal Son at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, in the house where Balanchine first danced as a child. In 2008 he formed his own touring company, now known as Stars of American Ballet, which brings performance and dance education to underserved areas. He is Artistic Advisor to Manhattan Youth Ballet and Associate Artistic Director of the New York State Summer School for the Arts, teaches at the School of American Ballet and Ballet Academy East, and is co-founder and artistic director of the annual Dance Against Cancer benefit for the American Cancer Society.

Jason was born in Hackensack, NJ and received his dance training from many teachers that both shaped his dancing as well as his teaching style today. After high school, Jason went on to receive his BFA in Dance from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts while also training with many master teachers in NYC. He currently juggles the roles of Choreographer, Teacher, Performer and the proud Artistic Director of The Dance Academy of North Jersey. He recently completed his work as a dancer as well as dance coach to Ryan Reynolds on the new Apple TV movie musical “Spirited”. Live stage credits include the Broadway cast of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas", "On the Town" at Barrington Stages, "My One and Only" at Stages St. Louis, as well as "Tap Stars" at the St. Pauli Theater in Hamburg, Germany. Jason has had the opportunity to perform at the Kennedy Center with both The Jam Project in addition to a performance choreographed by Randy Skinner as a part of "Some Enchanted Evening" (a special evening to celebrate the late Senator Ted Kennedy). Jason has appeared on SNL, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, SYTYCD, The Who Was Show, The Late Late Show with James Corden, and MTV’s VMAs. He was also featured on the second season of NBC's World of Dance, competing with The Jam Project. Jason was accepted into the Stage Directors and Choreographer Foundation Observership Program and was then hand selected by Spencer Liff to be a part of the choreography team for the recent revival of Falsettos as well as selected by Josh Prince and James Lapine to work on the production of Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing at the Signature Theater in Washington D. C. Jason's choreography has also been presented at The Joyce Theater, Symphony Space, St. Marks Church (Danspace Project), and the University of Richmond. Jason has been teaching Jazz, Tap, Contemporary and Musical Theater for the last 15 years at multiple studios, conventions, and workshops around the US and Canada. Jason is currently on Faculty at The Joffrey Ballet School in NYC teaching Musical Theater to the year round Jazz and Contemporary students.

Joshua Bergasse started his career as a young dancer on Broadway and then transitioned to choreography and direction for Stage, Television and Film. He is the Emmy Award-winning choreographer for NBC’s musical drama SMASH, and received a Tony nomination as well as the Astaire Award for his choreography of the Broadway revival, ON THE TOWN. He also choreo- graphed the Broadway musical CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY produced by Warner Bros, as well as the revival of GIGI on Broadway. Josh directed and choreographed the New York premiere of the re-imagined production of SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ. He also choreographed SWEET CHARITY starring Sutton Foster, winning the prestigious Chita Rivera Award for excel- lence in choreography. For Encores! at New York City Center Josh directed and choreographed I MARRIED AN ANGEL starring his wife, NYCB Principal Sara Mearns. Other credits include the Off-Broadway productions of BOMB-ITTY OF ERRORS and CAGNEY; multiple episodes of Fox’s SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE; Marvels HAWKEYE for Disney+; JESSICA JONES for Netflix; the feature film GROWN UPS 2 with Adam Sandler; MONSTERLAND for Hulu; A CAPITOL FOURTH, SINATRA: VOICE FOR A CENTURY and THE KENNEDY CENTER 50th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION all for PBS. Josh has been involved in dance education for over 30 years. Besides teaching regularly at the prestigious Broadway Dance Center and Steps On Broadway in NYC, he also has taught on multiple convention tours such as NYCDA, Revel, Tremaine and Manhattan Dance Project. He’s been a guest artist at universities across the country including NYU, Indiana University, Pace University, Marymount Manhattan, UC Irvine and many others, and he continues to travel to studios and dance festivals nationally as well as internationally.

Kenna has had a performing and teaching career that has taken her all over the world. After graduating from the Youth Performing Arts School (Louisville, KY), she attended the University of Oklahoma where she studied modern dance and earned a B. S. Degree in Physical Therapy. Kenna continued her dance training in New York after being accepted to the Certificate Program of The Ailey School. Her diverse dance training in modern, jazz, musical theater, ballet, tap, and hip hop has allowed her to have a long and diverse performing career. She has performed with recording artists such as Missy Elliott, Pharrell, and Diddy. Her film and television credits include Saturday Night Live, MTV Video Music Awards, America’s Got Talent and feature films Idlewild and Bolden. Kenna has also performed in various Broadway national tours, Off-Broadway, and regional theater productions including the 1st National Tour of Memphis (Dance Captain/ Swing), The Wiz (City Center Encores), and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular as a Radio City Rockette. Most recently, she worked with the Verdon Fosse Legacy, LLC performing the original Fosse works “Mein Herr” and “Bye Bye Blackbird” reconstructed by Valarie Pettiford and Lloyd Culbreath respectively. As an instructor, Kenna has been teaching various forms of dance for over 20 years in studios across the U. S., Japan, and Europe. She is currently on faculty at the Steps Conservatory in New York, guest teaches at Broadway Dance Center, and serves as a mentor and coach to aspiring dancers. Her classes are focused on developing musicality, dynamics, and artistry in a supportive and inclusive environment. Kenna is passionate about uplifting the next generation of performers and sharing all of the knowledge she has obtained over the years.

Ray Hesselink is a director and choreographer living and working in New York City. Ray has had the privilege to help train the children performing in Broadway's Billy Elliot: The Musical. As a dancer, Ray created the role of Mr. Happy in Derick Grant's Imagine Tap! As a performer, Ray's favorite performances include originating the role of "Bud" in Batboy: The Musical. He has also been featured as a principal dancer in Nayikas, a classical Indian Dance Company. Ray has choreographed for many venues including New York Musical Theater Festival, The Duke Theater, Symphony Space, Yale Drama School and as a contributing choreographer to Heatwave: The Jack Cole Story, and co-writer/choreographer to I Heart Bob at Joyce SoHo, which won a rave review from the NY Times. Ray is also on faculty at Juilliard, Pace Commercial Dance, Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway. Check out www. TapDanceU.com for instructional tap videos.

Most recently, she choreographed ROCK OF AGES, GUYS AND DOLLS, JESUS CHRIST SUPER STAR, and GODSPELL. Sara has worked on several Broadway shows, including MATILDA, BILLY ELLIOT, 42nd STREET, and WHITE CHRISTMAS, THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER, and AFTER THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC, and has had the pleasure of working at some of the country’s most distinguished theatres, including The Kennedy Center, New York City Center (Encores!), Goodspeed Opera House, Asolo Repertory Theatre, The Alley Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, The 5th Avenue Theatre and many more. She has directed and choreographed revivals of CABARET, FOLLIES, and SPRING AWAKENING among others, and also enjoys developing new musicals and directing/choreographing for live events. Sara was a Radio City Rockette, and is on faculty at Pace University in NYC. She is lead faculty for Juilliard’s Summer Arts Program in musical theatre! Visit www. SaraBrians.com for more on her incredible career!

Sekou is at the forefront of a new movement in the dance world. Sekou’s of Afro Latin dance rich with Afro - Caribbean (Salsa/Mambo, Cha-cha-cha, Rumba, Yoruba, etc...) with urban dance, modern, jazz and contemporary styles combined with his explosive energy on and off stage, has earned Sekou broad recognition worldwide. Sekou has performed and choreographed for top latin artists such as Gilberto Santa Rosa, Willie Colon, Cheo Feliciano, Johnny Pacheco, Tito Rojas, Tito Nieves, PitBull and the pop icon, MADONNA. A recent recipient of fellowship with The Alvin Ailey Foundation’s New Directions Choreography Lab for Winter/Spring 2017 and the City University of New York (CUNY) Dance Initiative winter/spring 2017, Sekou’s choreographic works have been featured throughout North America and abroad in over 30 countries. Sekou has received certificates of training from both the prestigious Danza Contemporanea de Cuba in Havana, Cuba and Ecole de Sables in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal. Sekou can be seen in the Warner Bros theatrical feature "In the Heights" (2021) directed by Jon M. Chu and in the newly released documentary "Uprooted: the journey of Jazz Dance". Currently Sekou is a faculty member at Marymount Manhattan College, The Ailey School, Joffrey Ballet School, Ballet Hispánico, Steps on Broadway and Broadway Dance Center. In addition to being a Curator and Project Director at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. He has 20+ years of experience performing, choreographing, and educating internationally in over 20 countries and over 120 cities including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dakar, Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing, Singapore, Mumbai, Shanghai, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Quebec, Manchester, Warsaw, Mexico City, Puerto Rico, Rome, Paris, Istanbul, Monaco, Brussels and many other international hubs of dance.

Fatima Wilson has recently joined as an Agent in Production Arts at United Talent Agency, specializing in choreography & dance. Previously, Fatima worked for Bloc Talent Agency NYC as Head of Choreography, Commercial, and Dance. During her 15-year tenure, Fatima represented talent for international artists, including Lizzo, Beyonce, Cardi B, Rihanna, Usher, and Janet Jackson. At Bloc NYC, Fatima developed a competitive commercial and print department to intersect with the dance and choreography department. Fatima grew up in Toronto, Canada, where she co-founded Blaze Entertainment in 2001. In Toronto, she was a Casting Director for artists including The Rolling Stones, Kelis, Seal, and U2.

Broadway: Disney’s The Lion King (Dance Captain), Vegas: Cirque Du Soleil’s Viva Elvis & Franco Dragone’s Le Reve. Theater: Beauty & The Beast, Celebrate The Season, Dream Along with Mickey (WDW). Concert Dance: BARE Dance Company under the direction of Mike Esperanza. Audition Choreographer & Casting Associate: Celebrity Cruises, Disney Cruise Lines & Walt Disney World. Television credits: Victoria Secret Fashion Show (CBS), So You Think You Can Dance (FOX), & MET Gala 2019 w/ Billy Porter. Others: Broadway Bares 24-30 (Choreographer), Live Nation Presents: Coco & The Vanity Vixens (Director/Choreographer), Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids (Choreographer), Celebrity Cruises: Soundtrack (Director/Choreographer), “We will be back” Times Square Event (Choreographer) Spring Awakening @ Ohio University (Professor/Choreographer). Holland America Cruises: “Off The Charts” (Choreographer), MSC Cruises: “ImaginOcean/Premiere” Director/Choreographer. Please visit www.kellenstancil.com for all the latest creations!

Lucille is the Founder and Director of LDC Artist Representation in New York City! With an agenting career that spans an impressive 3 decades, Lucille is one of the most influential agents in the professional dance world. She was originally with BBA on the West Coast and was the founder and director of McDonald Selznick Associates/New York Office for 10 years. Her choreography clients have worked on Broadway, television, film and recording artists tours and have earned countless Emmy and Tony nods. Lucille is passionate about and dedicated to focusing her energies on LDC Artist Representation’s superb, and carefully curated,talent roster! About her agency: 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. We can’t wait to hear more from Lucille on the evening of the performance!