The Spotlight Series

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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)

• 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

• 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

• 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 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

• 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

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

• 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

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

• 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
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• 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”

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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®

• 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

• 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

• 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?

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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)

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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”

• 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

• 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