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.
Friday, November 8 • 8:00-10:00pm • KENDRICK SAMUEL • Int/Adv Performance Groove
The last 15 min of the class will be filmed- Acting credits include 1800 Tequila, Geico, and Macy’s
- As a model he has worked with Squarespace, Carolina Herrera, and Warby Parker
- Dance credits include; The Color Purple, Tyla, Doja Cat; and his choreography credits include The Chi, the Brooklynettes and more
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Saturday, November 9 • 5:30-7:30pm • LLOYD KNIGHT Int/Adv Modern | Graham
The last 15 min of the class will be filmed- Principal Dancer for The Martha Graham Dance Company
- Broadway credits include DANCIN’, Sophisticated Ladies, The Tap Dance Kid, Big Deal
- National Tours of Sweet Charity, Honky Tonk Nights, Guys and Dolls, among others
- → more about Lloyd Knight
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Saturday, November 9 • 6:00-8:00pm • KATIE SPELMAN • Adv/Int Theater Jazz
The last 15 min of the class will be filmed- Choreographer for The Notebook
- Associate Choreographer for Moulin Rouge!
- Associate on the Broadway productions of Amelie, American Psycho, and Once
- → more about Katie Spelman
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Sunday, November 10 • 5:30-7:30pm • JULIE MAGNEVILLE • Int/Adv Contemporary
The last 15 min of the class will be filmed- Performed works for Gregory Dolbashian, Crystal Pite, Victor Quijadas, Margie Gillis, O Vertigo, Théâtre du Corps, among many others
- Collaborations include: The Taiwanese visual/media artist Ivan Liu, the French interdisciplinary artist Laurent Barnavon, the canadian Jeremy Bailey
- Nominated Best Choreographer for Mia Michaels Live with “Décadene”
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Sunday, November 10 • 6:15-8:15pm • NICHOLAS CUNNINGHAM • Adv/Int Theater Jazz
The last 15 min of the class will be filmed- Swing/solo dancer in The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway
- Performance highlights include High Button Shoes in the NYC directed by John Rando and choreographed by Sarah O’Gleby, Bernstein’s Candide with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, directed by Kevin Newberry, Bernstein’s Mass for PBS Great Performances
- Recently Cunningham has worked as a presenter on The Wendy Williams Show,and performed in American Horror Story
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Monday, November 11 • 8:00-10:00pm • PHIL COLGAN • Adv/Int Theater Jazz
- Can currently be seen on Broadway in & JULIET as a swing and assistant dance captain
- His 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
- → more about Phil Colgan
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Tuesday, November 12 • 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
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Wednesday, November 13 • 8:00-10:00pm • 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
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Thursday, November 14 • 8:00-10:00pm • KARLA PUNO GARCIA • Int/Adv Jazz
- 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
- → more about Karla Puno Garcia
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Friday, November 15 • 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
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Saturday, November 16 • 5:30-7:30pm • 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
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Saturday, November 16 • 6:00-8:00pm • KRYSTYNA RESAVY • Int/Adv Theater Jazz
- Assisted Tony-award winning choreographer Christopher Gattelli on the Broadway musical, The Cher Show
- Associate choreographer of Mamma Mia! at New London Barn Playhouse
- Favorite performance credit includes dancing in the film Isn’t It Romantic starring Rebel Wilson
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Monday, November 18 • 8:00-10:00pm • 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
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Tuesday, November 19 • 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 Josh Bergasse
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Tuesday, November 19 • 8:00-10:00pm • GREGORY DOLBASHIAN • Int/Adv Contemporary
- 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
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Wednesday, November 20 • 8:00-10:00pm • KATIE SPELMAN • Adv/Int Theater Jazz
- Choreographer for The Notebook
- Associate Choreographer for Moulin Rouge!
- Associate on the Broadway productions of Amelie, American Psycho, and Once
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Thursday, November 21 • 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
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Friday, November 22 • 8:00-10:000pm • 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
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Saturday, November 23 • 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
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Saturday, November 23 • 6:00-8:00pm • 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
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Sunday, November 24 • 4:00-6:00pm • NORBERT DE LA CRUZ III • Adv/Int Contemporary
- 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
- → more about Norbert De La Cruz III
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Sunday, November 24 • 5:00-7:00pm • BEAU HARMON • Int/Adv Theater Jazz
- So You Think You Can Dance – Top 6
- Regional performance credits include The Music Man, Guys and Dolls, and Twist, An American Musical
- Served as a choreographer, associate, and dance captain in multiple regional and collegiate productions including The Music Man and La Cage Aux Folles
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Sunday, November 24 • 6:15-8:15pm • MAX STONE • Adv/Int Contemporary
- Artistic Director of the New York based dance company, Sexy Beast NYC
- Was part of the original Broadway cast of the Neil Simon/Marvin Hamlisch musical/play, They’re Playing Our Song
- His choreography is featured in the hit film, “Frances Ha”
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Monday, November 25 • 8:00-10:00pm • BILLY GRIFFIN Adv/Int Theater Jazz
- Choreography credits include Shakespeare In The Park/The Public Theater’s As You Like It and >Friends! The Musical Parody
- As a performer Billy was in the Broadway/National Tour Productions of Mary Poppins, White Christmas and Young Frankenstein
- Associate/Assistant credits include work with Sonya Tayeh, Josh Bergasse, Andy Blankenbuhler and Al Blackstone
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Tuesday, November 26 • 8:00-10:00pm • MALEEK WASHINGTON • Int/Adv Contemporary
- 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
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Friday, November 29 • 8:00-10:00pm • CANDACE BROWN • Adv/Int Hip Hop
- Brown has traveled to teach and choreograph all over the world, including places like Japan, London, Italy, Australia, France, South Africa, and more
- Choreographed for artists like Nicole Scherzinger, and danced/assisted major choreographers on television shows like X-Factor, Dancing With The Stars, Dickinson, BET’s Black Girls Rock and more
- Credits also include work with Janet Jackson, Beyonce, and Janelle Monae.
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Sunday, November 30 • 6:00-8:00pm • JESS LePROTTO • Adv/Int Theater Jazz
- Recently appeared in A Beautiful Noise
- Broadway credits include Carousel, Hello, Dolly!, Cats, On The Town, Newsies, Bye Bye Birdie, among others
- Film/Television credits include West Side Story (Steven Spielberg), So You Think You Can Dance (Season 8, Top 8), Smash, Law & Order: SVU, and others
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Monday, December 2 • 7:00-9:00pm • ANTHONY MORIGERATO • Adv/Int Tap
- Assistant Choreographer for the Broadway Revival of Funny Girl
- Original cast member/contributing choreographer to the award winning Ayodele Casel for Chasing Magic
- Emmy Nominated Choreographer
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Wednesday, December 4 • 8:00-10:00pm • STACEY TOOKEY • Adv/Int Contemporary
- Broadway credits: West Side Story, On The Town (Ivy Smith understudy), and Carousel
- Other NYC credits include American Dance Machine, and numerous shows for New York City Center’s Encores! series
- A Jet Girl in the adaptation of West Side Story directed by Steven Spielberg
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Thursday, December 5 • 8:00-10:00pm • KARLA PUNO GARCIA • Int/Adv Jazz
- 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
- → more about Karla Puno Garcia
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Monday, December 9 • 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)
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Tuesday, December 10 • 8:00-10:00pm • MALEEK WASHINGTON • Int/Adv Contemporary
- 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
- → more about Maleek Washington
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Monday, December 23 • 7:00-9:00pm • FELIPE GALGANNI • Int/Adv Tap
- Member of the New American Tap Dance Orchestra directed by Brenda Bufalino
- Recipient of the Machado de Assis Medal for his work disseminating Brazilian culture in NYC
- Created and performed in his shows TAP&TOM, Felipe 101, Forget about Me and others
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Monday, January 6 • 7:00-9:00pm • LUKE HICKEY • Int/Adv Tap
- Named by Dance Magazine among their “25 To Watch” in 2020
- Company member of MacArthur Genius Recipient, Michelle Dorrance’s company, Dorrance Dance
- Stage credits include Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Appel Room, The Kennedy Center, the Guggenheim Museum, Oslo Jazz Festival, among others
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Monday, January 20 • 7:00-9:00pm • DEMI REMICK • Adv/Int Tap
- NYC-based tap dancer, choreographer and burlesque artist
- has danced with Dorrance Dance, Caleb Teicher & Co, Jason Samuels Smith, Bill T. Jones, and alongside the American Ballet Theatre and NYCB dancers
- Has performed at venues such as The Sydney Opera House, NY City Center, The London Palladium, Radio City Music Hall, The Kennedy Center
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