The Spotlight Series

• 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

• 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

• Arch Dance Company, Founder/Artistic Director
• Was appointed as the first female Resident Choreographer in Cincinnati Ballet’s 40-year history
• Has been commissioned by BalletMet, Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre, Grand Rapids Ballet, BalletX, the Washington Ballet, among others

• 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

• One of Dance Magazine‘s 2021 “25 to Watch”
• Original Broadway cast of Illinoise
• Has had the privilege of performing with Pam Tanowitz Dance, Dance Heginbotham, Company XIV, Keigwin + Company,among othes

• Choreography credits include: Mad Apple – Cirque Du Soleil, Disney Cruise line, Norwegian Cruises, MSC Cruises, Footloose, Dream Girls, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, among others
• Released a visual entitled “Brand New Day” featuring NYC’s finest dancers, inspired by the iconic film, The Wiz during the pandemic in 2020
• James has taught all over the world in places like France, Norway, and Los Angeles

INDUSTRY MASTER CLASS

Lakey Wolff, Agent
Kamille Upshaw-Darrington — currently working with the choreography teams of Grim and Warriors

In-Studio Only!

• 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

• 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

• 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)

• 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

• OBC Cast of Hell’s Kitchen
• Recent choreographer at Signature Theatre and CO Fine Arts Center

• 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

• 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

• 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”

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

Agency Spotlight

• with KAILA CASSLING, Agent
• Has been with Clear Talent since 2022
• with PRINCE NII, Choreographer/Teacher
• International choreographer, teacher and dancer from Vancouver, Canada

Come ready to dance.
Class wardrobe: Body conscious and individual style, in all-black.

In-Studio Only!

• 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

• Original Cast Broadway’s Shuffle Along
• Received both the Fred Astaire Award and the Actor’s Equity Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus
• TV credits include the 70th Annual Tony Awards and Amazon’s Original Z, The beginning of everything

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

• 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

• Danced  21 seasons with the Radio City Rockettes, Radio City Christmas Spectacular
• Film appearances include, Tick, Tick… Boom!, Isn’t It Romantic, Better Nate Than Ever, The Kitchen, and more
• TV appearances include Elsbeth, The Beauty, Girls5Eva, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,  among 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

• 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

• NYC-based tap dancer, choreographer, dance educator, and songwriter
• Ooriginal tap soloist for the popular vintage band, Postmodern Jukebox
• As the former dance captain for Andrew Nemr’s Cats Paying Dues, he has performed at NYC’s Symphony Space, Webster Hall, 92nd Street Y, and Town Hall

• 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’

• 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)

• 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)

• 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”

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

• Currently, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
• Member Whim W’Him Seattle Contemporary Dance where she received a Princess Grace Award in Dance
• named one of “25 to Watch” by Dance Magazine in 2021

• Tony-nominated Choreographer
• Broadway credits include Choreographer for Ragtime, Anne of Green Gables, Funny Girl, Mr. Saturday Night. Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors, Titanique
• 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?

• Dance Captain and member of Chloe Arnold’s Syncopated Ladies
• Founding member of the critically acclaimed New York-based tap company Music From The Sole
• Recently performed with Dorrance Dance at The Ford in Los Angeles and toured with the company for “Nutcracker Suite”

• 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

• Tony-nominated Choreographer
• Broadway credits include Choreographer for Ragtime, Anne of Green Gables, Funny Girl, Mr. Saturday Night. Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors, Titanique
• 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?

• Choreographer: A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical
• Choreographer  for X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (MET Opera), A Wonderful World pre-Broadway Tour
• Associate Choreography: Hell’s Kitchen (Broadway), The Hippest Trip, Once on This Island

Collaboration w/ Daughter Lessons

• 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

• 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

• Danced with artists such as Big Sean, Jennifer Lopez, Nicki Minaj, Ne-Yo, Flo-Rida, Kendrick Lamar, Prince Royce, and Hailee Steinfeld
• As a choreographer Keenan has worked with Cardi B, Meek Mill, David Guetta, J Balvin, Bebe Rehxa, Yo Gotti, and Kelly Rowland
• Has taught internationally in Japan, South Korea, China,Peru, Spain,Germany, France, Argentina, England, Italy, Switzerland, Israel, Canada and South Africa

• 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