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 filmedSunday, January 11 • 5:30-7:30pm
KATIE DRABLOS • Int/Adv Contemporary
- Al Blackstone’s Associate Choreographer on productions of Oklahoma, Hairspray, Pippin, and others
- Performed in Al Blackstone’s original works; Happy We’ll Be and Freddie Falls in Love
- In 2022 she directed, choreographed, and performed in her first full-length show “35: a celebration of being alive”
Sunday, January 11 • 6:00-8:00pm
COURTNEY DARLINGTON • Int/Adv Theater Jazz
- 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
Monday, January 12 • 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, January 12 • 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, January 13 • 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, January 15 • 3:00-5:00pm
CHLOE ARNOLD • Adv/Int Tap
- Emmy Nominated Choreographer
- Co-Founder, Syncopated Ladies
- Choreographed over 50 episodes of The Late Late Show with James Corden, and also workd on So You Think You Can Dance, Good Morning America, The Ellen Show, and more
Thursday, January 15 • 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
Friday, January 16 • 8:00-10:00pm
RICHARD J. HINDS • Adv/Int Theater Jazz
- 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)
Saturday, January 17 • 5:30-7:30pm
KATIE WALKER • Int/Adv Precision Jazz
- Former Assistant Choreographer, Dance Captain and Swing for Radio City Rockettes
- Co-Founder: Precision Dance Collective
- Adjunct Professor – Marymount Manhattan College
Saturday, January 17 • 6:00-8:00pm
HANNAH WEINMASTER • Int/Adv Contemporary
- Performed as a Radio City Rockette at Radio City Music Hall
- Performed works by choreographers such as Chelsea Thedinga, Peter Chu, Brandon Coleman, Martha Graham
- As a Choreographer: Utah Dance Film Fest, CDC McClaine Timmerman Choreography Festival, and the Palm Desert Choreography Festival
Sunday, January 18 • 5:30-7:30pm
DYLAN PEARCE • Int/Adv Jazz
- Associate Choreographer for The Radio City Rockettes
- Kate Spade New York
- MSC Cruises
Sunday, January 18 • 6:00-8:00pm
CHARLIE SUTTON • Int/Adv Theater Jazz
- Associate Artistic Director at Duluth Playhouse
- 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
Monday, Janaury 19 • 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
Tuesday, January 20 • 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, January 21 • 8:00-10:00pm
MADI HICKS • Adv/Int Contemporary
- 24Seven faculty member
- Director and Founder of Moving Forward, an innovative Non-Profit Organization for young artists
- Awards: YAGP, Gene Kelly Legacy Scholarship, US Presidential Scholar in the Arts Nominee
Thursday, January 22 • 8:00-10:00pm
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)
Friday, January 23 • 8:00-10:00pm
JONA BIDDLE • Int/Adv Commercial Street Jazz
- Head coach of the Brooklyn Nets Kids
- Artists: Beyoncé Mary J. Blige Usher
- CEO, Artistic Director, BOSS Kids Commercial Dance Program
Saturday, January 24 • 5:30-7:30pm
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
Saturday, January 24 • 6:00-8:00pm
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, January 25 • 5:30-7:30pm
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
Sunday, January 25 • 6:00-8:00pm
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”
Monday, January 26 • 7:00-9:00pm
CALEB TEICHER • Adv/Int Tap
- Founder/Artistic Director, Caleb Teicher & Co.
- Outside of company work, projects include choreographing Regina Spektor on Broadway, Sister Aimee (streaming on Hulu), and AJR’s “Bang” music video.
- Recipient of a 2019 New York City Center Choreographic Fellowship, two Bessie Awards, a 2019 Harkness Promise Award, the 2020 Gross Family Prize, and a 2019 NEFA National Dance Project Production Grant
Monday, January 26 • 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
Tuesday, January 27 • 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
Thursday, January 29 • 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, January 29 • 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
Friday, January 30 • 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
Saturday, January 31 • 5:30-7:30pm
NORBERT DE LA CRUZ III • Adv/Int Contemporary
- 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
Saturday, January 31 • 6:00-8:00pm
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
Monday, February 9 • 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)
Thursday, February 19 • 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, March 26 • 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
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