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.
SPOTLIGHT SERIES
Mon-Thur, Aug 8-11 • 8:00-10:00pm • NICHOLAS PALMQUIST • Adv/Int Commercial Jazz
Monday & Thursday In-Studio and Virtual.
Tuesday & Wednesday will be In-Studio only.
Tuesday & Wednesday will be In-Studio only.
- 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
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Monday, August 15 • 8:00-10:00pm • BILLY GRIFFIN • Adv/Int Theater Jazz
- Choreography: Hudson Valley Dance Festival, The Red Bucket Follies, The Drama League Gala (honoring Steve Martin), Issac Mizrahi for QVC, and others
- Associate/Assistant choreographer for Sonya Tayeh, Josh Bergasse, Andy Blankenbuhler and Al Blackstone
- Lululemon Ambassador
- → more about Billy Griffin
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Tuesday, August 16 • 8:00-10:00pm • DANELLE MORGAN • Int/Adv 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
- → more about Danelle Morgan
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Wednesday, August 17 • 8:00-10:00pm • CHARLIE SUTTON • Int/Adv Theater Jazz
- 2019 resident for the Jerome Robbins Springboard Project
- 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
- → more about Charlie Sutton
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Thursday, August 18 • 8:00-10:00pm • JASON WILLIAMS • Int/Adv Commercial Jazz
- 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
- → more about Jason Williams
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Monday, August 22 • 8:00-10:00pm • PHIL COLGAN • Adv/Int Theater Jazz
- Broadway debut in Hamilton, where he also served as a Universal Swing
- Favorite regional credits: Paper Mill Playhouse, including the world premiere of A Bronx Tale: The Musical, Maine State Music Theater, The Fulton, Ogunquit Playhouse, Gateway Playhouse, and Finger Lakes MTF
- 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
- → more about Phil Colgan
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Wednesday, August 24 • 8:00-10:00pm • AL BLACKSTONE • Adv/Int Theater Jazz
- 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
- → more about Al Blackstone
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Thursday, August 25 • 8:00-10:00pm • KHORI PETINAUD • Int/Adv Theater Jazz
- Part of the original broadway casts of Aladdin and Moulin Rouge! The Musical
- Other credits include In the Heights (Kennedy Center), The Color Purple (National Tour), King Kong>
- Danced with choreographers such as Sean Curran, Nathan Trice, Aszure Barton, among many others
- → more about Khori Petinaud
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Monday, August 29 • 8:00-10:00pm • CHELSIE HIGHTOWER • Int/Adv Latin Fusion
- Fan Favorite, All-Star and Choreographer on FOX’s hit TV show, “So You Think You Can Dance.”
- Two of the duets she danced in were nominated for Emmy awards. She then toured in a national arena tour with that season’s top ten.
- Partners have ranged from Olympic athletes to world-renowned entertainers. She was nominated for an Emmy award for a dance she choreographed with fellow cast mate Derek Hough
- → more about Chelsie Hightower
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Tuesday, August 30 • 8:00-10:00pm • MADI HICKS • Adv/Int Contemporary
- Company Member Sidra Bell Dance New York
- Choreography: Palm Desert Choreography Festival, Theorist Festival, Periapsis Music & dance, WestFest Dance Festival
- Awards: YAGP, Gene Kelly Legacy Scholarship, US Presidential Scholar in the Arts Nominee
- → more about Madi Hicks
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Wednesday, August 31 • 8:00-10:00pm • MILES KEENEY • Adv/Int Jazz Funk
- Credits include dancing for Dick Clark’s NYE, Adam Lambert, Brandy, Jason Derulo, Thalía, Univision, Ru Paul, Silentó, Samsung, In the Heights movie, and more
- Choreographically he has worked for Peloton, NBA Bacardi, Brooklynettes,>Ru Paul’s Drag Race premiere, Lifeball Vienna
- Recently taught internationally in China, Singapore, Morocco, New Zealand, Greece, Thailand, Spain, and Canada
- → more about Miles Keeney
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