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Katharine Pettit (they/them) is a NYC based Director/Choreographer who served as Susan Stroman's SDC (Stage Directors and Choreographers) Observer on Bullets Over Broadway on Broadway. Their dance company, KPC- Keeping People Connected, is a multidisciplinary collective of performing artists who tell stories examining social injustices and stigmatized subject matter through dance, music, and conversation.

Shelby Kaufman (she/her), Michigan native, has been trained in a variety of dance styles since the age of 5. After moving to New York she began dancing as a member of Brenda Bufalino’s ‘New’ American Tap Dance Orchestra, and Germaine Salsberg’s Les Femmes.  She has assisted and frequently guest taught for Salsberg at Broadway Dance Center, The American Tap Dance Foundation, LIU Brooklyn, and CAP 21, and has been on faculty at many New York City studios and at festivals like D.C.