The Spotlight Series

• Former Assistant Choreographer, Dance Captain and Swing for Radio City Rockettes
• Co-Founder: Precision Dance Collective
• Adjunct Professor – Marymount Manhattan College

• Associate Choreographer for The Radio City Rockettes
• Kate Spade New York
• MSC Cruises

• Performed nationally and internationally with companies such as The Von Howard Project, Forces of Nature, Ballet INC and Continuum Contemporary/Ballet
• She can be seen on The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) and is featured on Season 2 of POSE (FX network)
• Assistant Company Manager for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater from 2015-2018

• Danced under world renowned choreographers Keone and Mari, Brian Friedman, Kyle Hanagami, and more.
• Founded Shinsa the Collective
• Received a residency from ArtX in New York City to extend Shinsa’s latest show called “LIMBO: The Echo”

• Bye Bye Birdie at the Kennedy Center, Associate Choreographer
• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
• Stage Mother (A New Musical), Associate Director/Choreographer

• Recent performing credits include Guys and Dolls at The Kennedy Center, Chicago and Singin’ in the Rain at The MUNY
• Roles played around the country include such as Cassie (A Chorus Line), Virtue (Anything Goes), Gertie Cummings (Oklahoma!), and many more
• Has been Assistant/Associate Choreographer for some of the industry’s best: Denis Jones, Ricky Hinds, Parker Esse, Al Blackstone, Rommy Sandhu, and others

• Credits include the MTV Video Music Awards, the feature films La La Land, VOX LUX, and In the heights; GLEE, The Academy Awards and many more
• Completed 6 national tours with Travis Wall’s Shaping Sound and performed with Stacey Tookey’s company Still Motion
• Recently, she joined Peter Chu’s company Chuthis

• Salgado Productions, Founder/Artistic Director
• Director/Choreographer of the 2nd On your feet National Tour, and Associate Director/Choreographer of Cirque Du Soleil Paramour
• Latin Assistant Choreographer of the Tony Award winning musical In The Heights

• NYC based professional dancer, educator, adjudicator and dance podcast host; RWS Global Audition Choreographer
• Professional credits: West Side Story International Tour, FX’s Fosse/Verdon, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway (The Muny), In The Heights (PCLO), Finding Neverland National Tour, Radio City Christmas
• Dance Convention Faculty for 10+ years and recently taught in Brazil at the 16th annual Congresso de Jazz Dance.

• Luis Salgado:Salgado Productions, Founder/Artistic Director
• Director/Choreographer of the 2nd On your feet National Tour, and Associate Director/Choreographer of Cirque Du Soleil Paramour

• Lyrik Cruz is a featured dancer and in Warner Brothers In The Heights
• Choreographer on the feature film SHINE for which he was nominated for numerous awards

Celebrating Culture Through Rhythm

• Co-Choreographer, Take The Lead
• Dance Magazine Honoree, Broadway Choreographer, MTEAF Founder
• Collaborated with Diane Paulus on “The Donkey Show” and Disney’s “Golden Mickeys”

• Programs Director and resident choreographer at Earl Mosley’s Diversity of Dance
• Production coordinator, curator and host for the Uptown Rising Performance Series held at the Bridge for Dance
• Teaching credits include Joffrey Ballet School, Earl Mosley’s Diversity of Dance, STEPS Academy, Harlem School of the Arts

Benefit class supporting r.Evolucion Latina for their ongoing educational program to the Latino community 

• Luis Salgado:Salgado Productions, Founder/Artistic Director
• Director/Choreographer of the 2nd On your feet National Tour, and Associate Director/Choreographer of Cirque Du Soleil Paramour

• Featured dancer and in Warner Brothers In The Heights
• Choreographer on the feature film SHINE for which he was nominated for numerous awards
• Creative director and choreographer for Norman Lear’s IMAGEN AWARDS

• Worked with Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys, Paula Abdul, Demi Lavato, Christina Aguilera, Beyoncé…
• Original cast of Showstoppers at the Wynn Hotel choreographed by Marguerite Derricks
• Worked on the X-factor UK with Brian Freidman

Minimum age for this class is 16.

Afro-Caribbean Musicality in Motion

• Co-Choreographer, Take The Lead
• Dance Magazine Honoree, Broadway Choreographer, MTEAF Founder
• Collaborated with Diane Paulus on “The Donkey Show” and Disney’s “Golden Mickeys”

• Richard is an award winning director/choreographer based in both NYC and London
• Broadway and West End credits include Elf (Associate Chor.), Company starring Patti LuPone (Associate Chor.), Come From Away (Associate Chor.), and many more
• Television credits include Encore! (Disney+), Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, America’s Got Talent, Bring It, Good Afternoon America (feat.Liza Minnelli)

• Theater Choreography: Freddie Falls in Love (Joyce Theater – July 2019), West Side Story (Maltz Theater), Pippin (Music Theater Wichita), Annie (Axelrod Performing Arts)
• TV/Film: So You Think You Can Dance (Emmy Nomination), Good Morning America
• Special Events: Broadway Bares, Gypsy of the year, Easter Bonnet, Princess Cruises

• Performer and Rehearsal Director for Punchdrunk’s SLEEP NO MORE in NYC
• Formerly a member of Visceral Dance Chicago, Brandon has also worked with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as a guest artist
• His recent dance film, ROLLBACK premiered in May 2023 as a part of the Future Dance Festival

• Former soloist with Ballet Torino, Aszure Barton & Artists, Metropolitan Opera, and Complexions
• Created original works for Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, New York City Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, Hubbard Street II, BalletX, among others
• Awards and accolades include a Princess Grace Foundation-USA award in choreography, Alvin Ailey New Directions Choreography Lab, Joffrey Academy of Dance’s Winning Works

• Assisted and/or danced for Andy Blankenbuehler, Al Blackstone, Mandy Moore, Dee Caspary, Travis Wall and Sonya Tayeh
• Appeared dancing on FX’s Fosse/Verdon, The Tony Awards, Glee, America’s Got Talent and Dancing With the Stars
• Part of the Broadway company of Wicked and was on the National Tour of An American in Paris

• Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, and Astaire nominations for his choreography for 42nd Street
• Performances credits include A Chorus Line, Gypsy, Dames at Sea, Hello Dolly, and many more
• Other shows include State Fair (Outer Critics nomination), Ain’t Broadway Grand (Tony, Outer Critics nominations), After the Night and the Music, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Tony, Drama Desk nominations)

• Has been a member of Camille A. Brown and dancers for 5 seasons
• Assistant choreographer to Camille A. Brown at the Metropolitan Opera for her directorial debut for Fire shut up In my bones
• 2022 Princess Grace Award Winner in Choreography

• Worked with Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys, Paula Abdul, Demi Lavato, Christina Aguilera, Beyoncé…
• Original cast of Showstoppers at the Wynn Hotel choreographed by Marguerite Derricks
• Worked on the X-factor UK with Brian Freidman

Minimum age for this class is 16.

With THE MANTECA BLUE – Salsa Band

• Luis Salgado:Salgado Productions, Founder/Artistic Director
• Director/Choreographer of the 2nd On your feet National Tour, and Associate Director/Choreographer of Cirque Du Soleil Paramour

Manteca Blue & the Latin Corner is a group from Cali, Colombia, whose work recreates sounds that encompass Latin jazz and funk with the magic of Afro-Caribbean music, with a marked influence of Colombian and African ethnic sounds

• Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, US Associate Choreographer
• Theater & Film: Fuerzabruta, The Whiz Live (NBC), The Greatest Showman
• Superbowl shows: Janet Jackson & Beyonce

• Theater Choreography: Freddie Falls in Love (Joyce Theater – July 2019), West Side Story (Maltz Theater), Pippin (Music Theater Wichita), Annie (Axelrod Performing Arts)
• TV/Film: So You Think You Can Dance (Emmy Nomination), Good Morning America
• Special Events: Broadway Bares, Gypsy of the year, Easter Bonnet, Princess Cruises

• Artistic Director, The Dash Ensemble
• DASH Ensemble performance credits include The JOYCE Theater, Baryshnikov Arts Center, NYLA, Guggenheim Works and Process Series, Kaatsbaan and Jacob’s Pillow
• Commission credits include American Dance Festival, Northwest Dance Project, Ballet Austin Cirio Collective, Daniil Smikin’s INTENSIO, Atlanta Ballet, Central Park Summer Stage, and Hubbard Street 2 among many others

• Founder, Exactitude Dance
• Former Assistant Choreographer/Dance Captain Radio City Rockettes
• Credits include Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Today Show, Dancing With the Stars, America’s Got Talent, Saturday Night Live, and more

• TV – “Smash” (Emmy Award for Choreography), SYTYCD
• Choreographed the revival of On The Town on Broadway where he received an Astaire Award and was nominated for TONY, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Awards
• Off Broadway credits include Sweet Charity, Cagney (Drama Desk, Astaire, Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for choreography), Bomb-Itty of Errors, and Captain Louie

• Direction/Choreography: Day After Your Departure (HBO) – Choreographer, Lady In The Lake with Natalie Portman (Apple +)
• Film Performance Credits include: In The Heights, Tick Tick Boom with Lin Manuel Miranda, Bolden
• Television Performance Credits include: Succession (HBO), Vinyl (HBO), The Get Down (Netflix), Tell Me a Story

• Richard is an award winning director/choreographer based in both NYC and London
• Broadway and West End credits include Elf (Associate Chor.), Company starring Patti LuPone (Associate Chor.), Come From Away (Associate Chor.), and many more
• Television credits include Encore! (Disney+), Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, America’s Got Talent, Bring It, Good Afternoon America (feat.Liza Minnelli)

• Performed 10 Broadway shows including Bob Fosse’s Dancin, Angels in America, Cats
• Works with Twyla Tharp, performing in 3 of her Broadway shows, her company Twyla Tharp Dance and as her Associate
• Founded his production company, “The Fête Arts” in upstate NY

• Assisted and/or danced for Andy Blankenbuehler, Al Blackstone, Mandy Moore, Dee Caspary, Travis Wall and Sonya Tayeh
• Appeared dancing on FX’s Fosse/Verdon, The Tony Awards, Glee, America’s Got Talent and Dancing With the Stars
• Part of the Broadway company of Wicked and was on the National Tour of An American in Paris

• Choreographed for the opening of New York fashion week Spring 2023
• Taught at famous conventions all over the world including “Move It” and “Can You Dance” in the UK and “Australian Dance Festival”
• Performed in musicals including 42nd Street and Oklahoma!

• Head coach of the Brooklyn Nets Kids
• Artists: Beyoncé Mary J. Blige Usher
• CEO, Artistic Director, BOSS Kids Commercial Dance Program

• Performed works by Earl Mosley, Ronald K. Brown and Tony winner Hinton Battle
• Choreography commissions include: Marymount Manhattan College, The Harvard Ballet Company, General Mischief Dance Theatre, The Boston Tea Party Opera, and more
• Artistic director of the xodus dance collective

• Choreographed for the opening of New York fashion week Spring 2023
• Taught at famous conventions all over the world including “Move It” and “Can You Dance” in the UK and “Australian Dance Festival”
• Performed in musicals including 42nd Street and Oklahoma!

• Recent performing credits include Guys and Dolls at The Kennedy Center, Chicago and Singin’ in the Rain at The MUNY
• Roles played around the country include such as Cassie (A Chorus Line), Virtue (Anything Goes), Gertie Cummings (Oklahoma!), and many more
• Has been Assistant/Associate Choreographer for some of the industry’s best: Denis Jones, Ricky Hinds, Parker Esse, Al Blackstone, Rommy Sandhu, and others

• Worked with Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys, Paula Abdul, Demi Lavato, Christina Aguilera, Beyoncé…
• Original cast of Showstoppers at the Wynn Hotel choreographed by Marguerite Derricks
• Worked on the X-factor UK with Brian Freidman

Minimum age for this class is 16.

• Featured dancer in Holland, Michigan starring Nicole Kidman
  
• Presented work at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
• Movement director for Dance Magazine, Nordstrom, and Free People

• Bye Bye Birdie at the Kennedy Center, Associate Choreographer
• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
• Stage Mother (A New Musical), Associate Director/Choreographer

• Choreographer most recently for a Regional Production of Ragtime the Musical, as well as Co-Director/Choreographer of Footloose The Musica
• Other Credits include Sutton Foster and Jonathon Groff Live At Lincoln Center for PBS, the tv series Younger, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Young Sheldon
• Select Theater credits include Something Rotten (Broadway World Nominee), The Goodbye Girl (MTG), Broadway To The Rescue (Montalban Theater)

• 2019 resident for the Jerome Robbins Springboard Project
• Regional Choreography include Newsies, Saturday Night Fever, Evita and more
• Broadway Dance Credits include American in Paris, Kinky Boots(Astaire Award Nom), How to Succeed in Business, Lysistrata Jones and more