SPOTLIGHTS
YUE YIN
Int/Adv Contemporary FoCo Technique™
Saturday, May 4 • 5:30-7:30pm
- Founder/Artistic Director, YY Dance Company
- Recipient of the 2021 Harkness Promise Award, the Hubbard Street Dance Chicago 2015 International Commissioning Project, the 2015 BalletX Choreographic Fellowship, among others
- Choreographic commissions include Gibney Company, Martha Graham Dance Company, Oregon Ballet Theater, BalletMet, Boston Ballet, and more
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ALEX WONG
Int/Adv Contemporary
Wednesday, May 8 • 8:00-10:00pm
- “Sniper” in the Original Broadway Cast of the Disney musical “Newsies”
- “So You Think You Can Dance” All-Star
- Leading roles include Balanchine’s “Symphony In Three Movements,” “Agon,” “Western Symphony,” “The Nutcracker,” Twyla Tharp’s “Push Comes to Shove,” and more
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AKINA KITAZAWA
Int/Adv Theater Jazz
Friday, May 17 • 8:00-10:00pm
- Dance captain as well as Swing in Broadway’s New York New York
- Other credits include Christmas Spectacular (Radio City Music Hall), Candide (Carnegie Hall), The Perfect Game (Off-Broadway), Over Here! (Dance Captain/Associate Choreographer, Triad Theatre)
- National Tour: The King and I (Eliza); Regional Theatre: Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, and more
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KARLA PUNO GARCIA
Int/Adv Jazz
In-Studio:
Let’s Dance!
Virtual:
Let’s Dance!
Tuesday, May 21 & June 25 • 8:00-10:00pm
- 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
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PETER CHU •
Adv/Int Contemporary
Thursday, May 30 • 8:00-10:00pm
- Artistic Director/Choreographer, chuthis
- Created works for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Staatstheater Augsburg, Charlotte Ballet II, Orlando Ballet Theatre, Giordano Dance Chicago, among others
- Premiered works for Giordano Dance Chicago & Gibney Dance Company, and choreographed for Cirque du Soleil’s Vitori
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BO PARK
Int/Adv Street Jazz
Tuesday, June 4 • 8:00-10:00pm
- 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”
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BOBBY AMAMIZU
Adv/Int Commercial Jazz
Wednesday, June 5 • 8:00-10:00pm
- Credits include: Cirque du Soleil’s Viva Elvis (original cast), The Power of Music Evening with Hans Zimmer, Freelusion, among others
- Film: A Week Away, Valley Girl “Like Totally A Musical”, Fame, A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas, Dear Dumb Diary
- Assistant to many choreographers such as Marguerite Derricks, Michael Rooney, Bonnie Story, Lane Napper, Dominique Kelley among others
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GUEST & MASTER CLASSES
JARYD FARCON
Int /Adv Contemporary
Fri. 5/10 • 4:30-6:00pm
- Company member with Ailey II
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JONATHAN LEE
Int/Adv Hip Hop
Sunday, 5/12 • 5:00-6:30pm
- Once On This Island, The Wiz, West Side Story
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YUKA KAMEDA
Int Tap
Wed. 5/15 • 1:30-3:00pm
- Blue Note, Birdland, and Jazz at Lincoln Center, Mark Morris
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VIVAKE KHAMSINGSAVATH •
Int/Adv Contemporary
Friday, 5/17 • 8:30-10:00pm
Thursday, 5/23 • 3:15-4:45pm
- Director of Dance United
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JoANN M HUNTER
BROADWAY MASTER CLASS
Dance Storytelling
Friday, 5/24 • 1:00-3:00
- Choreographer/Director/Performer
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Come ready to dance.
Bring headshots and resumes.
Two pieces to learn.
Be prepared with Heels and to be barefoot.
RAMITA RAVI •
Int/Adv Commercial Jazz
Friday, May 24 • 8:30-10:00pm
- Coachella, Miss America, Hollywood Bowl, Radio City
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NORBERT DE LA CRUZ III
Adv/Int Contemporary
Monday, 5/27 • 6:45-8:15pm
- Former soloist: Ballet Torino, Aszure Barton & Artists, Metropolitan Opera
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CHRISTINE FLORES
Int/Adv Contemporary
Friday, 5/31 • 1:15-2:45pm
- Broadway Company of Illinoise
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MILES YEUNG
Int/Adv Contemporary
Friday, 5/31 • 8:30-10:00pm
- Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group
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