The Spotlight Series

• 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

• Awarded the New York Dance Festival Choreographic Fellowship at the School of American Ballet in 2024
• Featured dance soloist in “Transformation: Personal Stories of Change, Acceptance, and Evolution” created by actress Glenn Close and musician Ted Nash
• Commissions include work for Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Marymount Manhattan College, PACE University, Philadanco-The Philadelphia Dance Company

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

• Made her Broadway debut in the revival of A Chorus Line.
• Additional Broadway credits include: Velma in Chicago (understudy, performed), Lola in Damn Yankees, Kathy in Company and Bombalurina in Cats.
• Film and television credits include: Grey’s Anatomy, Happy Endings, In Plain Sight, Switched at Birth, Castle, The Mentalist, Boston Public, and more

• Associate Choreographer for The Radio City Rockettes
• Kate Spade New York
• MSC Cruises

• 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

• Postmodern Jukebox tap dance soloist
• 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

• 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

• Associate choreographer of the 1st national tour of Tootsie (choreography by Denis Jones 2019 Tony Nominee)
• His Broadway debut was in On the Town as assistant choreographer, swing and dance captain
• Broadway/NYC performing credits include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and The Radio City Christmas Spectacular

• Founded by Los Angeles natives Jordan Johnson and Aidan Carberry, blends contemporary dance, hip-hop, theater, and video work
• Gained prominence by directing and choreographing music videos for the band half•alive
• Toured internationally as dancers in a show curated by William Forsythe called “Friends of Forsythe”

• Favorite Credits include: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Asst. Choreographer, Asst. Director, Dance Captain and Swing), The First National Tour of 42nd Street (Bert Barry/ Pat Denning us)
• Performed from the stage of Carnegie Hall to the streets of Tokyo’s DisneySea
• Choreographed over forty different shows and taught workshops for schools, theaters, and festivals across the planet

• 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

• 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

• Co-Choreographer, The Cher Show
• Worked with some of the biggest names in entertainment today, including Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, Ariana Grande, Cher, Usher, Halsey, Lady Gaga, and many more
• Feature film work includes Isn’t It Romantic, Annie, Going the Distance, Step Up II, Enchanted, Brighton Beach

• 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”

• 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

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

• 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

• Featured dancer and in Warner Brothers In The Heights
• Choreographer on the feature film SHINE for which he was nominated for numerous awards
• Creative director and choreographer for Norman Lear’s IMAGEN AWARDS

• Assisted Tony-award winning choreographer Christopher Gattelli on the Broadway musical, The Cher Show
• Associate choreographer of Mamma Mia! at New London Barn Playhouse
• Recent choreography credits include South Pacific (Engeman Theater), Annie (Sharon Playhouse), The Prom (Sharon Playhouse)

• Co-founder, The Precision Dance Collective
• Appearances include Saturday Night Live (Sam Rockwell), America’s Got Talent, The Tony Awards
• Taught numerous Rockette Summer Intensives and Rockette Experiences

• 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

• 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

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

• Artistic Director/Choreographer, chuthis
• Created works for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Staatstheater Augsburg, Charlotte Ballet II, Orlando Ballet Theatre, Giordano Dance Chicago, among others
• Premiered works for Giordano Dance Chicago & Gibney Dance Company, and choreographed for Cirque du Soleil’s Vitori

• Former Assistant Choreographer, Dance Captain and Swing for Radio City Rockettes
• Co-Founder: Precision Dance Collective
• Adjunct Professor – Marymount Manhattan College

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Repertoire

• Rehearsal Director, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
• Performed and toured with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet for six seasons under the direction of Tom Mossbrucker and Jean-Philippe Malaty
• Has been a guest artist with HSDC and the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, a guest rehearsal director for FLOCK, and  more

• 2023 Chita Rivera Award Winner for Outstanding Dancer in a Broadway show
• Credits include Madonna’s The Celebration Tour, Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, where she was an onstage dance captain, Wicked, and more
• Part of the Verdon Fosse Legacy

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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.

• Assisted Tony-award winning choreographer Christopher Gattelli on the Broadway musical, The Cher Show
• Associate choreographer of Mamma Mia! at New London Barn Playhouse
• Recent choreography credits include South Pacific (Engeman Theater), Annie (Sharon Playhouse), The Prom (Sharon Playhouse)

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

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

• 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.

• 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

• 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

• 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”

• Her choreography can be seen in the movie, “Dance-Off,” Go90’s ‘Crashed’ series, Kid’s Choice Awards among others
• Choreographer of all eight seasons of Dance Moms!
• Currently on faculty at Artistic Dance Exchange and Wild Dance Intensive for the Star Dance Alliance

• 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)

• 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

• 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.

• 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

• 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

• Associate choreographer of the 1st national tour of Tootsie (choreography by Denis Jones 2019 Tony Nominee)
• His Broadway debut was in On the Town as assistant choreographer, swing and dance captain
• Broadway/NYC performing credits include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and The Radio City Christmas Spectacular

• 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)

• 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

• 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

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

• 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

• Had the privilege to help train the children performing in Broadway’s Billy Elliot: The Musical
• Created the role of Mr. Happy in Derick Grant’s Imagine Tap!
• Contributing Choreographer to Heatwave: The Jack Cole Project and co-writer/choreographer to I Heart Bob at Joyce SoHo