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Several dancers engaged in a lively Spotlight dance class at Steps on Broadway.

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.

The last 15 min of the class will be filmed

Friday, January 10 • 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

More about Adrian Lee →
The last 15 min of the class will be filmed
In-Studio Virtual

Saturday, January 11 • 6:00-8:00pm

SARA BRIANS Int/Adv Theater Jazz

  • US Associate Choreographer for The Hills of California on Broadway directed by Sam Mendes
  • Choreographing the upcoming production of Anything Goes at Gulfshore Playhouse
  • Broadway credits include 42nd Street, Billy Elliot, Matilda, White Christmas, among many others

More about Sara Brians →
The last 15 min of the class will be filmed
In-Studio Virtual

Sunday, January 12 • 5:00-7:00pm

JONATHAN LEE Int/Adv Hip Hop

  • Backup singer, dancer, and choreographer for Madonna, Gloria Estefan, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, and Pitbull, among others
  • Theatre credits include Once On This Island, The Wiz, West Side Story, The King & I, and Miss Saigon
  • Film/TV credits include The Detour, Chapelle’s Show, Good Morning America, ABC News Now, The View, and more

More about Jonathan Lee →
The last 15 min of the class will be filmed
In-Studio Virtual

Sunday, January 12 • 6:15-8:15pm

RENA BUTLER Int/Adv Contemporary

  • Premiered her first work for The National Ballet of Canada celebrating the music of Grammy Award-winning composer John Adams in March 2023
  • Recipient of the prestigious 2019 Princess Grace Foundation Award for Choreography
  • Created works for BalletX, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, GroundWorks DanceTheater, Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Summer Program, and many more

More about Rena Butler →
The last 15 min of the class will be filmed
In-Studio Virtual

Monday, January 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)

More about Randy Skinner →

Monday, January 13 • 8:00-10:00pm

JESSICA CASTRO Int/Adv Heels

  • TOURS: Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson, Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Pharell, The Black Eyed Peas, Rihanna, Mariah Carey, Kelly Rowland, Will Smith, Mary J Blige.
  • Theater & Film: Fuerzabruta, The Whiz Live (NBC), The Greatest Showman
  • Superbowl shows: Janet Jackson & Beyonce

More about Jessica Castro →

Tuesday, January 14 • 8:00-10:00pm

NICHOLAS PALMQUIST Adv/Int Commercial 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

More about Nicholas Palmquist →

Wednesday, January 15 • 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

More about Lizz Picini →

Thursday, January 16 • 8:00-10:00pm

NICHOLAS PALMQUIST Adv/Int Commercial 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

More about Nicholas Palmquist →

Friday, January 17 • 8:00-10:00pm

CAT COGLIANDRO Int/Adv Contemporary Fusion

  • Worked with creators such as Cherice Barton, Phillip Chbeeb, Tyce Diorio, Ian Eastwood, Mike Esperanza, Juliette Irons, Lukas McFarlane, Sonya Tayeh, and more
  • Featured in The New York Times, Dance Spirit Magazine, Dance Teacher Magazine, Dance Magazine, and Dance Informa
  • Featured dancer in the movie “Supporting Characters,” directed by Daniel Schechter

More about Cat Cogliandro →

Saturday, January 18 • 5:30-7:30pm

HEATHER LANG Int/Adv Contemporary

  • Broadway’s Jagged Little Pill
  • Created the experimental short, Simulation, with Purdie Baumann
  • Former Radio City Rockette

More about Heather Lang →

Saturday, January 18 • 6:00-8:00pm

RACHEL LEIGH DOLAN Adv/Int Theater Jazz

  • Two-time Helen Hayes award winning choreographer, director, and educator
  • Favorite stage credits include the Broadway Labs for Tootsie and Chasing Rainbows, both choreographed by Denis Jones
  • Favorite Choreographic credits include Annie at Olney Theatre Center, and James and the Giant Peach at Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, among others

More about Rachel Leigh Dolan →

Sunday, January 19 • 5:00-7:00pm

CAMDEN LOESER Int/Adv Theater Jazz

With Guest Percussionist Doug Hinrichs

  • Founder, COLE JAZZ
  • Resident Director/Assistant Choreographer for the National Tour of Chicago
  • Chet Walker’s associate, working closely alongside Chet teaching and creating work across the globe and developing Jack Cole The Musical

More about Cam Loeser →

Monday, January 20 • 8:00-10:00pm

KHORI PETINAUD Int/Adv Theater Jazz

  • Broadway Cast of Chicago and Lempicka
  • Part of the Broadway casts of Aladdin and Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Bob Fosse’s DANCIN’
  • Other credits include In the Heights (Kennedy Center), The Color Purple (National Tour), King Kong
  • → more about Khori Petinaud

More about Khori Petinaud →

Tuesday, January 21 • 8:00-10:00pm

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”

More about Katie Drablos →

Wednesday, January 22 • 8:00-10:00pm

CHELSEA THEDINGA Adv/Int Contemporary

  • 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

More about Chelsea Thedinga →

Thursday, January 23 • 8:00-10:00pm

DANA FOGLIA Adv/Int Contemporary Fusion

  • Dana Foglia Dance Company
  • Assistant Choreographer/ Choreographer for many of Beyoncé’s tours
  • Received a prestigious Peabody award for her work on Beyonces visual album “Lemonade”
  • More about Dana Foglia →

    Friday, January 24 • 5:30-7:30pm

    CELINE EDMONDSON Ind/Adv Commercial Hip Hop

    • 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

    More about Celine Edmondson →

    Saturday, January 25 • 5:30-7:30pm

    CINDY WELIK-SALGADO Adv/Int Contemporary, Crystal Pite Rep

    • Kidd Pivot Alum
    • Received the Princess Grace Award in 2005
    • Performed with Aszure Barton and Artists, Peter Chu’s ChuThis, and on various projects for Mia Michaels and Andy Blankenbuehler

    More about Cindy Welik-Salgado →

    Saturday, January 25 • 6:00-8:00pm

    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

    More about Tanner Lane →

    Sunday, January 26 • 5:00-7:00pm

    LAINIE SAKAKURA Adv/Int Theater Jazz

    • Recipient of the 2015 Joe A. Callaway Award for Outstanding Choreography
    • Broadway: SUFFS (co-producer), CABARET (co-producer), FOSSE 1999 Tony Award Best Musical (dance reconstruction & dance captain), and more
    • Co-Founder: Rockettes of Color Alumnae and Sakachez®

    More about Lainie Sakakura →

    Sunday, January 26 • 6:15-8:15pm

    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

    More about Christopher Jarosz →

    Monday, January 27 • 7:00-9:00pm

    SARA BRIANS Int/Adv Tap

    • US Associate Choreographer for The Hills of California on Broadway directed by Sam Mendes
    • Choreographing the upcoming production of Anything Goes at Gulfshore Playhouse
    • Broadway credits include 42nd Street, Billy Elliot, Matilda, White Christmas, among many others

    More about Sara Brians →

    Monday, January 27 • 8:00-10:00pm

    ELLENORE SCOTT Adv/Int Contemporary Theater

    • Broadway credits include Anne of Green Gables, Funny Girl, Mr. Saturday Night. Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors, Titanique
    • Other choreography credits include: Single All the Way (Netflix), Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical
    • Performance credits include numerous television shows (Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Smash, Glee!) and was a finalist and All-Star on So You Think You Can Dance?

    More about Ellenore Scott →

    Tuesday, January 28 • 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

    More about Ehizoje Azeke →

    Wednesday, January 29 • 8:00-10:00pm

    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

    More about Courtney Sauls →

    Thursday, January 30 • 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

    More about Madison Hicks →

    Friday, January 31 • 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

    More about Steven Blandino →

    Wednesday, February 5 • 6:30-8:30pm

    JAMAR ROBERTS

    In Studio Only!

    • Former Resident Choreographer Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
    • Won the 2016 Bessie Award for Outstanding Performer
    • Director’s Fellow at NYU’s Center for Ballet and the Arts in the 2020-2021 season

    More about Jamar Roberts →
    Registration coming soon.

    Thursday, February 6 • 8:00-10:00pm

    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

    More about Joshua Bergasse →
    Registration coming soon.

    Friday, February 7 • 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

    More about Adrian Lee →

    Saturday, February 8 • 5:30-7:30pm

    KAREN GAYLE Int/Adv Modern/Horton

    • 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

    More about Karen Gayle →

    Saturday, February 8 • 6:00-8:00pm

    SARA BRIANS Int/Adv Theater Jazz

    • US Associate Choreographer for The Hills of California on Broadway directed by Sam Mendes
    • Choreographing the upcoming production of Anything Goes at Gulfshore Playhouse
    • Broadway credits include 42nd Street, Billy Elliot, Matilda, White Christmas, among many others

    More about Sara Brians →
    Registration coming soon.

    Monday, February 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)

    More about Randy Skinner →

    Thursday, February 13 • 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

    More about Lizz Picini →
    Registration coming soon.

    Sunday, February 16 • 5:00-7:00pm

    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

    More about Traci Reszetylo →
    Registration coming soon.

    Sunday, February 16 • 6:15-8:15pm

    JOSH ASSOR Int/Adv Theater Jazz

    • Worked across every area of the entertainment industry including Broadway, National Tours, fashion, film, and television
    • Choreographic credits include Saturday Night Fever National Tour, New York Fashion Week, the New York City Knicks, Audi, Soho House
    • Regional productions include of Mary Poppins, Cinderella, Newsies and the world premiere of Medicine the Musical

    More about Josh Assor →

    Saturday, 2/22 • 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”

    More about Bo Park →
    Registration coming soon.

    Tuesday, February 25 • 8:00-10:00pm

    CHELSEA THEDINGA Adv/Int Contemporary

    • 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

    More about Chelsea Thedinga →
    Registration coming soon.

    Friday, February 28 • 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

    More about Christopher Jarosz →
    Registration coming soon.