The Spotlight Series

• 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

• Movement Director Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Anna Graves
• Founder of cat.astrophe! 
• Worked with creators such as Cherice Barton, Phillip Chbeeb, Tyce Diorio, Ian Eastwood, Mike Esperanza, Juliette Irons, Lukas McFarlane, Sonya Tayeh, and more

• Joined the Radio City Rockettes in 2012
• Appearances include: The Tony Awards, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, America’s Got Talent
• Featured in an Allure webseries episode of “A Day In The Life Of A Rockette”

• 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

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

• Known for versatility and magnetic stage presence
• Credits include Lovers & Friends Festival in Las Vegas, NYC Pride Island with Lil Kim, and an opening act for Janet Jackson’s Together Again tour
• Worked with artists like Coi Leray, J.I, Mr. Vegas, and Leli Hernandez, and has appeared in events like New York Fashion Week

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Original cast of Showstoppers at the Wynn Hotel choreographed by Marguerite Derricks
• Worked on the X-factor UK with Brian Freidman

Ages 16+

• 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.

• 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.

• Helped train the children performing in Broadway’s Billy Elliot: The Musical
• As a dancer, Ray created the role of Mr. Happy in Derick Grant’s Imagine Tap!
• Specializing in creating character driven choreography and excels at comedic storytelling through dance

• 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)

• Trained at Harkness School of Ballet, Martha Graham School, Alvin Ailey School of Dance and New Dance Group Studio
• Worked with Agnes De Mille, Cathy Dobby, Gwen Verdon, Lee Theodore, Bob Fosse, Debbie Allen, Eleo Pomare, Sophie Maslow, Walter Knickes, Arlene Phillips and Luis Johnson, among others
• Has choreographed at the Latin Quarter in New York; at Bally’s Park Place in Atlantic City; at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas (Mardi Gras Room); at the Sporting Club and the Cabaret in Monte Carlo, and many more

• 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

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

• 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

• In 2023, Josette began her own tap company, Josette Wiggan Presents
• Movie credits include, Idlewild, Princess and the Frog, and The Bride
• Alongside her brother, Joseph Wiggan, she was part of two original casts of Cirque du Soleil’s Banana Shpeel and Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour from 2009-2013

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

• 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

• 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

• Reoccurring roles on the widely popular television shows like GLEE, Dancing with the Stars, and most recently Palm Royale
• Dance Roles in over 20 Feature Films like FAME, Step Up 3D, LA LA Land, and Spirited
• Contributed choreography to Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour as an associate choreographer

• 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’

• Associate Choreographer, Moulin Rouge!
• Danced with contemporary dance companies BodyStories: Teresa Fellion, 10 Hairy Legs Projects, and Freemove Dance
• elevision credits include ensemble/assistant choreographer for Rent: Live on the Fox Network, and waltz dancer for Gilded Age on HBOMax

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

• 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

• Award winning choreographer and creative director
• Danced alongside Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Gwen Stefani and more
• Choreographed for Cher, A Great Big World, Todrick Hall and countless others

• 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)

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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”

• 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)

• Broadway: currently Buena Vista Social Club, Hamilton, Bob Fosse’s Dancin’
• TV/Film: West Side Story (Dir. Steven Spielberg), Better Late Than Never, & Peter Pan Live!
• Regional: Sacramento Music Circus (Ren McCormick; Footloose/Usnavi; In The Heights)

• 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

• Principle member of the Dana Foglia Dance Company
• Has lent his talents to the stars: Beyonce, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Lopez, Billie Eilish, Tate McRae
• As a dancer Boy Boi has worked with artists such as Rihanna, Kylie Minogue, Rosalia, Lil Nas X

• Recently appeared in the White Christmas at Theater Under the Stars and 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

• Co-Choreographer, Take The Lead
• Dance Magazine Honoree, Broadway Choreographer, MTEAF Founder
• Collaborated with Diane Paulus on “The Donkey Show” and Disney’s “Golden Mickeys”

• 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

• 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

• 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

• One of Dance Magazine’s 2022 “25 to Watch”
• Appearances include The Joyce Theater, The Apollo Theater, 92Y and many more
• Launched “The Solidarity Series,” an ongoing live performance series dedicated to furthering the development and increasing the visibility of tap dance

• Azeke’s Direction/Choreography: Day After Your Departure (HBO) – Choreographer, Lady In The Lake with Natalie Portman (Apple +)
• Azeke’s Film Performance Credits include: In The Heights, Tick Tick Boom with Lin Manuel Miranda, Bolden

• Castro: Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, US Associate Choreographer
• Castro’s Theater & Film: Fuerzabruta, The Whiz Live (NBC), The Greatest Showman

• Worked with Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys, Paula Abdul, Demi Lavato, Christina Aguilera, Beyoncé…
• Original cast of Showstoppers at the Wynn Hotel choreographed by Marguerite Derricks
• Worked on the X-factor UK with Brian Freidman

Minimum age for this class is 16.

• 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

• Appeared in 10 Broadway shows including A Chorus Line, On The Town, Hairspray, Sweet Charity, The Boy From Oz, and the Broadway revival of Cats
• Off-Broadway, he starred in Stephen Sondheim’s A Bed and A Chair: A New York Love Affair, Only Gold, Juno, among others
• Toured nationally with the first national tour of Fosse

• Currently in Schmigadoon!
• Broadway credits include White Christmas, On the Twentieth Century, Shuffle Along…and all that followed, Hello Dolly, My Fair Lady
• Worked with nearly every Broadway Tap choreographer, including Savion Glover, Randy Skinner, Warren Carlyle, Chris Gattelli

• 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

• 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

• Made his Broadway debut in A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical, as Banjo Ben/Lincoln Perry u/s
• New York Times Critics’ Pick production of Jelly’s Last Jam at New York City Center
• Regional work includes Sacramento Music Circus, Pittsburgh CLO, Bucks County Playhouse, The Lexington Theatre Company, Forestburgh Playhouse

• 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

• Credits include the Broadway cast of “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas”, “On The Town” (Barrington Stage), “My One And Only” and many more
• TV credits include Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, and The Late Late Show with James Corden, among others
• Currently on faculty with NYCDA teaching tap, at the Joffrey Ballet School teaching Musical Theater, and the Artistic Director of The Dance Academy of North Jersey

• Assistant choreographer for Susan Misner and assistant choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler on the hit television series FX’s Fosse/Verdon.
• Worked on the Netflix series Halston doing preproduction with Choreographer Susan Misner
• She has performed in 11 Broadway shows, and danced in the films Rock of Ages and the Oscar award winner, Chicago

• Worked with Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys, Paula Abdul, Demi Lavato, Christina Aguilera, Beyoncé…
• Original cast of Showstoppers at the Wynn Hotel choreographed by Marguerite Derricks
• Worked on the X-factor UK with Brian Freidman

Ages 16+

• 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

• 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

• 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