The Spotlight Series

• 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)

• 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

• 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

• Choreography credits include “Spring Awakening” (Skylight), “Head Over Heels” (WAPPA), “Places, Please” (Lincoln Center), among others
• His “When We Touch,” ia dance narrative set to music by LP and takes place during the final week of the fall of the Berlin Wall is currently in development
• Performance credits include the original Broadway casts of “Moulin Rouge! The Musical, “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812,”and more

• Adjunct Faculty at Pace University
• Multiple Broadway Credits including Twyla Tharp’s Movin’ Out, and Mary Poppins
• Film and Television appearances include Across the Universe, and HBO’s The Other Two

• 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

• 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

• 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)

• 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!

• Courtney was a featured dancer in Holland, Michigan starring Nicole Kidman
  
• She presented work at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival and is Movement director for Dance Magazine, Nordstrom, and Free People
• Jenni is an alumni from the Conservatory Program at Steps on Broadway under the direction of Mindy Upin
• She was in the Broadway touring company of Pippin, and an original member of the Jack Cole Dancers

• 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

• Recently appeared in the Broadway Revival of Funny Girl
• Other credits include The Tap Dance Kid, Ayodele Casel: Chasing Magic, 42ND Street, Maurice Hines: Tappin’ Thru Life
• Television credits include Law & Order SVU, the PBS specials Black Broadway: A Proud History, A Limitless Future & The Kennedy Center at 50

• 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

• 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)

• Finalist for the 2025 ACE Awards
• Performance credits include APT 33, Dorrance Dance, and Caleb Teicher & Company
• Ambassador for the European brand Ruben Sanchez Dance Wear

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

• 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

KRISTEN CARCONE
Associate Choreographer The Outsiders

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Partner and Co-Owner of The TRC Company

• 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

• Principal dancer and serves as the dance captain with Dorrance Dance
• Premiered  A Swing Suite at 92NY, co-choreographed with Luke Hickey
• Stage credits include The Joyce Theater, New York City Center, The Kennedy Center, Sadler’s Wells, among others

• 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

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

• Resident Choreographer/Dance Supervisor,  HAMILTON (1st National Tour)
• Choreographed 15 Contemporary Jazz, Street Jazz duets and Group pieces for So You Think You Can Dance – Ukraine
• Nominated 3 years in a row for The Capezio A.C.E. Award for Choreographic Excellence

• 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

• Broadway credits include, A Wonderful World: The louis Armstrong Musical
• Toured the world as a featured dancer with Riverdance, Cirque Du Soliel
• Danced as a soloist with Grammy award winning artists such as Alicia Keys, Wynton Marsalis, and Bobby Mcferrin

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• Danced professionally with Sting, 98 Degrees & was a founding/principal dancer for Anthony Morigerato’s, AMDP, NY
• In 2020, Marinda choreographed the film, “Clouds” for Disney+
• Currently a professor at Pace University in both NY & LA

• Choreographer’s assistant to industry greats like Tyce Diorio, Megan Lawson, Cat Cogliandro
• Worked alongside top creatives such as NappyTabs, Tessandra Chavez, and the Seaweed Sisters
• Performance credits include high-profile events like the Emmy’s Governors Ball, Tony Robbins’ 60th Birthday Banquet, and others

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

• 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

• Celine Edmondson is an assistant Coach of the Brooklynettes
• Performed with Maluma, Meghan Trainor, Lil Kim, DJ Khaled, and more
• Currently working on exciting film and television projects as well as teaching

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Co-Choreographer, The Cher Show
• Worked with some of the biggest names in entertainment today, including Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, Ariana Grande, Cher, Usher, Halsey, Lady Gaga, and many more
• Feature film work includes Isn’t It Romantic, Annie, Going the Distance, Step Up II, Enchanted, Brighton Beach

• Awarded the New York Dance Festival Choreographic Fellowship at the School of American Ballet in 2024
• Featured dance soloist in “Transformation: Personal Stories of Change, Acceptance, and Evolution” created by actress Glenn Close and musician Ted Nash
• Commissions include work for Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Marymount Manhattan College, PACE University, Philadanco-The Philadelphia Dance Company

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

• 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

• Currently in CHESS
• Broadway credits include, Death Becomes Her, Kiss Me, Kate, Hello, Dolly!, and Paramour
• Choreographer: Trisha Paytas’ Big Broadway Dream

• 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

• Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour
• Assistant choreographer to Mandy Moore on the Feature Film, Are you there God? It’s Me Margaret
• Eleven seasons with the world famous Radio City Rockettes

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• 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

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

• 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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• Perform with more Focus, Attitude, Confidence, Energy and Eye Contact
• Build Confidence & be transformed doing the “Inside Work”
• Designed to aid students with self discovery, performance technique and movement
• Robin Dunn is a former Director of Amateur Night at the world famous Apollo Theater and has been a choreographer for Saturday Night Live

• 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

• 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)

• Currently Cast of Hell’s Kitchen
• The Who’s Tommy, Assistant Choreographer
• How To Dance In Ohio, Assistant Choreographer

• 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

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Choreographer for The Notebook
• Associate Choreographer for Moulin Rouge!
• Associate on the Broadway productions of Amelie, American Psycho, and Once

• 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

• Made her Broadway debut in the revival of A Chorus Line.
• Additional Broadway credits include: Velma in Chicago (understudy, performed), Lola in Damn Yankees, Kathy in Company and Bombalurina in Cats.
• Film and television credits include: Grey’s Anatomy, Happy Endings, In Plain Sight, Switched at Birth, Castle, The Mentalist, Boston Public, and more

• 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

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