Additional Disciplines

Lynette Johnson has been teaching fitness and dance for over 35 years. She is a professional dancer/ teacher and musical theatre performer as well as being the mother of two amazing children.  After graduating with a dance degree from East Carolina University, she was hired to teach ballet at the ECU School of Theatre and Dance and the NC Academy of Dance Arts, and to be the coach of the East Carolina University Dance Team.

Cesar Rocha is a casting associate at Telsey + Company and has been a part of the Telsey team since 2010, he is originally from Miami, Florida. Telsey + Company has work on various theatre, film and television projects. Some of these include ; Broadway/Tours: American in Paris, Something Rotten, Finding Neverland, The Last Ship, Love Letters, This is Our Youth, Motown, Kinky Boots, Million Dollar Quartet. Off-Broadway: Atlantic, MCC, Second Stage, Signature.

Luis Salgado (he/him) is an international director, choreographer, and educator based in NYC. Luis is well known for his work as the Latin Assistant Choreographer of the Tony Award-winning musical In The Heights, and recently performed in the Gloria Estefan Musical, On Your Feet! Broadway.

Originally from Colombia, Jorge Urquijo has an extensive background in Salsa, Reggaeton, Merengue, and several other Latin rhythms. He considers himself to be a strong and passionate dancer.

A competitive gymnast for 13 years and collegiate track and field competitor, Traci Copeland began her yoga experience in 2005. Feeling defeated from a recurring knee problem which felt worse after certain Bikram poses, she soon found a Vinyasa style within the Strala method that met her needs.

After three knee operations, yoga has not only helped strengthen Traci's knee, allowing her to get deeper into certain poses, but has allowed her to run five days a week including the recent completion of two marathons.

Steven Malone was the Associate Music Director/Conductor for the Broadway musical Newsies having been involved with the production since it’s inception at the Papermill Playhouse. Steven is thrilled to have worked on three other Alan Menken shows both on Broadway and regionally that include, Sister Act, Leap of Faith, and Disney’s The Little Mermaid.

Lacey Schwimmer is perhaps best known for her success as a finalist on Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance (season 3) and as one of the most popular professional dancers on ABC’s Dancing With The Stars (six consecutive seasons).

As a performer, Monica Kapoor spent seven years on Broadway performing in the global smash hit Mamma Mia! She has appeared on NBC’s Smash, as a dancer and as a Bollywood expert assisting the Emmy Award winning choreographer, Joshua Bergasse.