Contemporary

MaryAnn Chavez was born and raised in Huntington Beach, CA. She has been trained in styles such as Jazz, Lyrical, Ballet, Hip Hop, and Contemporary for the past nineteen years. When she was sixteen she was accepted into the prestigious Alvin Ailey Professional Summer Program and signed to her first dance agency shortly after graduating high school at the age of nineteen. Now she is twenty-three years old and is signed with MSA Dance Agency and is managed by Cassie Breinlinger. She is also apart of some of the most well known dance companies in LA: Oceans 12 and immaBEAST!

Jeremy McQueen (Artistic Director & Choreographer of The Black Iris Project), is an award-winning emerging choreographer, dedicated to story-telling rooted in experience and social engagement. His work aims to create spaces of comfort, solace, and connection through reflection—a sharing of observations of what is going on around him.

You may already know author, actor, and choreographer, Matthew Shaffer from his television work on the top Netflix original series, Wet Hot American Summer, or from his notable advice on Dance Moms, or perhaps you recognize him from his short-lived role as a Pottery Barn sales associate. Matthew’s debut book, So You Want To Be A Dancer launched as an Amazon #1 New Release in Performing Arts and continues to dominate the charts.

Sabrina Phillip is an innovative choreographer, passionate dancer and engaging teacher. Sabrina is originally from Canada where she trained intensively in Ballet, Jazz and Modern dance in her early studies and went on to work at the international level in London, England. She taught Master classes at The Pineapple, Danceworks and The Urdang Academy.