
The Spotlight Series
Our Spotlight Series is In-Studio with limited spaces as well as on-line.
Your chance to dance with special guest artists!
Artistic Directors, Choreographers, & Teachers from the concert stage, Broadway, television & film
All class times are EST.
Minimum age for Spotlight classes is 15.
Indicates that the last 15 min of the class will be filmedTuesday, June 23 • 8:00-10:00pm
ELIZA OHMAN • Adv/Int Jazz Fusion
- SIX: The Musical, US Associate Choreographer
- Additionally, Hamilton, King Kong, The Met Gala, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Fosse/Verdon
- And, Up Here, Saturday Night Live, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and more
BLACK VOICES IN DANCE
Wednesday, June 24 • 8:00-10:00pm
DANELLE MORGAN • Precision Jazz
Collaboration w/ Daughter Lessons
- Assistant Choreographer, Dance Captain and Swing for the Radio City Rockettes
- Appearances include The Tony Awards, Saturday Night Live, The Today Show, The Wendy Williams Show, among others
- Recently appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and was a featured dancer in Town & Country Magazine
Thursday, June 25 • 3:00-5:00pm
SARAH HOGE • Int/Adv Precision Tap
- Co-founder, The Precision Dance Collective
- Appearances include Saturday Night Live (Sam Rockwell), America’s Got Talent, The Tony Awards
- Taught numerous Rockette Summer Intensives and Rockette Experiences
Thursday, June 25 • 8:00-10:00pm
COURTNEY ORTIZ • Int/Adv Jazz
- 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.
Friday, June 26 • 8:00-10:00pm
AL BLACKSTONE • Adv/Int Theater Jazz
- 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
BLACK VOICES IN DANCE
Friday, June 26 • 8:00-10:00pm
KHORI PETINAUD • Adv/Int Theater Jazz
- Currently appearing in Broadway’s Just In Time
- Broadway Cast of Chicago and Lempicka
- Part of the Broadway casts of Aladdin and Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Bob Fosse’s DANCIN’
BLACK VOICES IN DANCE
Saturday, June 27 • 5:30-7:30pm
COURTNEY SAULS • Int/Adv Heels
- 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
BLACK VOICES IN DANCE
Saturday, June 27 • 6:00-8:00pm
EHIZOJE AZEKE • Int/Adv Contemporary Theater
- 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
Monday, June 29 • 8:00-10:00pm
LIZZ PICINI • Int/Adv Theater Jazz
- 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
BLACK VOICES IN DANCE
Tuesday, June 30 • 8:00-10:00pm
KEENAN COOKS • Adv/Int Street Jazz
- Danced with artists such as Big Sean, Jennifer Lopez, Nicki Minaj, Ne-Yo, Flo-Rida, Kendrick Lamar, Prince Royce, and Hailee Steinfeld
- As a choreographer Keenan has worked with Cardi B, Meek Mill, David Guetta, J Balvin, Bebe Rehxa, Yo Gotti, and Kelly Rowland
- Has taught internationally in Japan, South Korea, China,Peru, Spain,Germany, France, Argentina, England, Italy, Switzerland, Israel, Canada and South Africa
Wednesday, July 1 • 8:00-10:00pm
MALEEK WASHINGTON • Int/Adv Contemporary
- 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
Thursday, July 2 • 8:00-10:00pm
TANNER LANE • Int/Adv Theater Jazz
- Broadway, Chicago The Musical where he toured both nationally and internationally
- Only person to have performed as both a singer and a dancer in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular
- Performance credits include Joseph…, and Billy Elliot (The Muny), Bye Bye Birdie (Lyric Theatre OKC), and more
Friday, July 3 • 8:00-10:00pm
DYLAN PEARCE • Int/Adv Jazz
- Associate Choreographer for The Radio City Rockettes
- Kate Spade New York
- MSC Cruises
Sunday, July 5 • 5:30-7:30pm
KRYSTYNA RESAVY • Int/Adv Theater Jazz
- Assisted Tony-award winning choreographer Christopher Gattelli on the Broadway musical, The Cher Show
- Associate choreographer of Mamma Mia! at New London Barn Playhouse
- Recent choreography credits include South Pacific (Engeman Theater), Annie (Sharon Playhouse), The Prom (Sharon Playhouse)
Sunday, July 5 • 6:00-8:00pm
NICHOLAS PALMQUIST • Int/Adv Contemporary Jazz
- Danced commercially in America for Netflix/TV/Film, danced with the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall
- Danced with American Dance Machine for the 21st Century at the Joyce Theatre
- Currently working with Semperoper Ballet on a creation to premier in Dresden, Germany
Monday, July 6 • 3:00-5:00pm
KHORI PETINAUD • Int/Adv Theater Jazz
- Currently appearing in Broadway’s Just In Time
- Broadway Cast of Chicago and Lempicka
- Part of the Broadway casts of Aladdin and Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Bob Fosse’s DANCIN’
Monday, July 6 • 8:00-10:00pm
JON RUA • Int/Adv Street Styles
- Choreograpy Credits: Floyd Collins Broadway, Giordano Dance Chicago, Associate Choreographer: BOOP! The Musical
- Performer Credits: Original Casts of Hamilton, SpongeBob, Hands on a Hardbody, In the Heights
- Associate Choreographer: BOOP! The Musical, Specialty Choreographer: SpongeBob, The Cher Show
Tuesday, July 7 • 8:00-10:00pm
STEVEN BLANDINO • Int/Adv Contemporary Jazz
- Choreography credits include Broken Bride Off Broadway, Dance Lab New York with mentorship under Ellenore Scott, Rebel Rebel: The Many Lives of David Bowie, among others
- Recently put up his own Dance Narrative at Symphony Space in New York City
- Founded his own dance company entitled ‘treadFAST,’ which has already performed numerous sold out shows in NYC
Wednesday, July 8 • 8:00-10:00pm
CHIP ABBOTT • Adv/Int Jazz
- Associate choreographer of the 1st national tour of Tootsie (choreography by Denis Jones 2019 Tony Nominee)
- His Broadway debut was in On the Town as assistant choreographer, swing and dance captain
- Broadway/NYC performing credits include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and The Radio City Christmas Spectacular
Thursday, July 9 • 8:00-10:00pm
KATIE SPELMAN • Adv/Int Theater Jazz
- Choreographer for The Notebook
- Associate Choreographer for Moulin Rouge!
- Associate on the Broadway productions of Amelie, American Psycho, and Once
Friday, July 10 • 8:00-10:00pm
SHANNON ATKINS • Int/Adv Lyrical Jazz
- 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!
Saturday, July 11 • 5:30-7:30pm
KATIE DRABLOS • Int/Adv Contemporary
- Katie was Al Blackstone’s Associate Choreographer on productions of Oklahoma, Hairspray, Pippin, and others
- In 2022 she directed, choreographed, and performed in her first full-length show “35: a celebration of being alive”
- Performed at iconic venues such as The Joyce Theater in NYC, and choreographed works which have premiered at venues from The Ailey Theater in NYC to as far as Mexico City & Prague.
Saturday, July 11 • 6:30-8:30pm
BO PARK • Int/Adv Street Jazz
- 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”
Sunday, July 12 • 5:30-7:30pm
LOGAN EPSTEIN • Int/Adv Theater Jazz
- Assistant Choreographer – Chess
- Assisted top choreographers in productions including Chess on Broadway, Anne of Green Gables workshop, I Can Get it for You Wholesale Off-Broadway debut, A Walk on the Moon at George Street Playhouse
- Choreographed the opening celebration gala for the Broadway production of Once Upon a One More Time
Sunday, July 12 • 6:00-8:00pm
NICHOLAS PALMQUIST • Int/Adv Contemporary Jazz
- Danced commercially in America for Netflix/TV/Film, danced with the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall
- Danced with American Dance Machine for the 21st Century at the Joyce Theatre
- Currently working with Semperoper Ballet on a creation to premier in Dresden, Germany
Monday, July 13 • 7:00-9:00pm
RANDY SKINNER • Int Broadway Tap
- 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)
Monday, July 13 • 8:00-10:00pm
JESSICA CASTRO • Int/Adv Heels
- Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, US Associate Choreographer
- Theater & Film: Fuerzabruta, The Whiz Live (NBC), The Greatest Showman
- Superbowl shows: Janet Jackson & Beyonce
Tuesday, July 14 • 8:00-10:00pm
KARLA PUNO GARCIA • Int/Adv Jazz
- Choreographed the 76th Annual Tony Awards Opening number and tribute to John Kander
- Choreographer of the Starz Network series Power Book III: Raising Kanaan
- Favorite choreography credits include scenes in the Netflix film Tick, Tick … BOOM! (Lin Manuel Miranda); ENCORES Off-Center production of GONE MISSING; Somewhere, the new Duncan Sheik musical Noir, among others
Wednesday, July 15 • 8:00-10:00pm
EHIZOJE AZEKE • Int/Adv Contemporary Theater
- 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
Thursday, July 16 • 3:00-5:00pm
SARAH HOGE • Int/Adv Precision Tap
- Co-founder, The Precision Dance Collective
- Appearances include Saturday Night Live (Sam Rockwell), America’s Got Talent, The Tony Awards
- Taught numerous Rockette Summer Intensives and Rockette Experiences
Thursday, July 16 • 8:00-10:00pm
ADRIAN LEE • Int/Adv Jazz
- 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
Friday, July 17 • 8:00-10:00pm
SARAH HOGE & KATIE WALKER • Int/Adv Precision Jazz
- Sarah Hoge is a Co-founder, The Precision Dance Collective
- Appearances include Saturday Night Live (Sam Rockwell), America’s Got Talent, The Tony Awards
- Katie Walker is former Assistant Choreographer, Dance Captain and Swing for Radio City Rockettes
- She is also a Co-Founder: Precision Dance Collective
More about Katie Walker →
Saturday, July 18 • 6:00-8:00pm
JOSH BERGASSE • Adv/Int Theater Jazz
- 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
Sunday, July 19 • 6:00-8:00pm
BRANDON COLEMAN • Int/Adv Contemporary
- 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
Monday, July 20 • 8:00-10:00pm
BILLY GRIFFIN • Adv/Int Theater Jazz
- Choreography credits include Shakespeare In The Park/The Public Theater’s As You Like It and Friends! The Musical Parody
- As a performer Billy was in the Broadway/National Tour Productions of Mary Poppins, White Christmas and Young Frankenstein
- Associate/Assistant credits include work with Sonya Tayeh, Josh Bergasse, Andy Blankenbuhler and Al Blackstone
Tuesday, July 21 • 8:00-10:00pm
SARAH MEAHL • Adv/Int Theater Jazz
- Currently in CHESS
- Broadway credits include, Death Becomes Her, Kiss Me, Kate, Hello, Dolly!, and Paramour
- Choreographer: Trisha Paytas’ Big Broadway Dream
Wednesday, July 22 • 8:00-10:00pm
DANELLE MORGAN • Precision Jazz
- Assistant Choreographer, Dance Captain and Swing for the Radio City Rockettes
- Appearances include The Tony Awards, Saturday Night Live, The Today Show, The Wendy Williams Show, among others
- Recently appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and was a featured dancer in Town & Country Magazine
Thursday, July 23 • 8:00-10:00pm
JON BOND • Adv/Int Contemporary
- Currently dances for the Nederlands Dans Theater 1
- From 2007-2015 Jon danced and originated many works with Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet under Artistic Director Benoit Swan Pouffer
- Critics choice pick in the Oct 2019 issue of Dance Europe, a featured “Top Ten Performances of 2013” in the Dec/Jan issue of Pointe Magazin
Friday, July 24 • 8:00-10:00pm
CHRIS JAROSZ • Adv/Int Contemporary Jazz
- Original cast member role in Cirque Du Soleil’s Viva ELVIS! in Las Vegas
- Featured dancer on television shows/commercials such as “Glee”, “Fuller House”, ABC’s “The Secret Life of an American teenager”, and was a dancer in the films LA LA Land and Behind the Candelabra
- Worked closely with other choreographers such as Stacey Tookey, Spencer Liff, Vincent Paterson, Bonnie Story, Mia Michaels, Rich and Tone, Al Blackstone, among others
Saturday, July 25 • 5:30-7:30pm
COURTNEY SAULS • Int/Adv Heels
- 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
Saturday, July 25 • 6:30-8:30pm
RACHEL LEIGH DOLAN • Adv/Int Theater Jazz
- Bye Bye Birdie at the Kennedy Center, Associate Choreographer
- Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
- Stage Mother (A New Musical), Associate Director/Choreographer
Sunday, July 26 • 5:30-7:30pm
MISSY LAY-ZIMMER & ANDREW HUBBARD • Int/Adv JAZZ
- Co-founded nationally recognized Contemporary company, Exhale Dance Tribe, Dance Magazine‘s ‘25 to Watch’
- Missy Lay-Zimmer and Andrew Hubbard taught in 2014 in Auckland, New Zealand at UNITEC University/Ōkareka Summer school
- Choreographed for Cincinnati Ballet’s New Works Program (2009-2011) with world premieres of Retrospect, Barre et Trois and Burning Moon
More about Andrew Hubbard →
Sunday, July 26 • 6:00-8:00pm
NICHOLAS PALMQUIST • Int/Adv Contemporary Jazz
- Danced commercially in America for Netflix/TV/Film, danced with the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall
- Danced with American Dance Machine for the 21st Century at the Joyce Theatre
- Currently working with Semperoper Ballet on a creation to premier in Dresden, Germany
Monday, July 27 • 8:00-10:00pm
TRACI RESZETYLO • Adv/Int Precision Jazz
- 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
Tuesday, July 28 • 8:00-10:00pm
PHIL COLGAN • Adv/Int Theater Jazz
- Broadway credits include & JULIET as a swing and assistant dance captain
- Broadway debut was in Hamilton, where he also served as a Universal Swing
- Choreographic credits include Grease at The Rev, Catch Me If You Can at NYU Skirball, music videos for “Ready to Be Loved (Dance Remix),” among others
Wednesday, July 29 • 8:00-10:00pm
ANTHONY LOMULJO • Adv/Int Contemporary
- Currently a first soloist at The Royal Swedish Ballet
- Mats Ek/guest artist with Pina Bausch & Sasha Waltz
- As a choreographer and creator he premiered his solo “My longest companion” in 2019
Monday, August 3 • 8:00-10:00pm
LIZZ PICINI • Int/Adv Theater Jazz
- 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
Tuesday, August 4 • 8:00-10:00pm
CAMDEN LOESER • Int/Adv Cole Jazz
- Co-Founder and Artistic Director of COLE JAZZ
- Remounted Chet Walker’s choreography for the 2022 Japanese Language encore production of Diane Paulus’ of Pippin
- Resident Director/Assistant Choreographer for the National Tour of CHICAGO
Monday, August 10 • 7:00-9:00pm
RANDY SKINNER • Int Broadway Tap
- 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)
Registration coming soon.
Sunday, August 16 • 6:00-8:00pm
SHANNON ATKINS • Int/Adv Lyrical Jazz
- 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!
Registration coming soon.
Thursday, August 27 • 3:00-5:00pm
SARAH HOGE • Int/Adv Precision Tap
- Co-founder, The Precision Dance Collective
- Appearances include Saturday Night Live (Sam Rockwell), America’s Got Talent, The Tony Awards
- Taught numerous Rockette Summer Intensives and Rockette Experiences
Registration coming soon.
Friday, August 28 • 8:00-10:00pm
SARAH HOGE & KATIE WALKER • Int/Adv Precision Jazz
- Sarah Hoge is a Co-founder, The Precision Dance Collective
- Appearances include Saturday Night Live (Sam Rockwell), America’s Got Talent, The Tony Awards
- Katie Walker is former Assistant Choreographer, Dance Captain and Swing for Radio City Rockettes
- She is also a Co-Founder: Precision Dance Collective
More about Katie Walker →
Registration coming soon.
Monday, September 14 • 7:00-9:00pm
RANDY SKINNER • Int Broadway Tap
- 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)
Registration coming soon.