Michael Mindlin (he/him) is a New York City based choreographer, director, instructor, and performer. His choreography has been featured in productions of Gypsy (North Carolina Theatre), Xanadu (ReVision Theatre), Beauty and the Beast (Northern Stage), Awesomer and Awesomer (The Triad Theatre), All Hail The Queen (The Cutting Room) as well as several BC/EFA benefit concerts.
DeannaDoyle (she/her) is the fourth generation in her family to be a professional performing artist, starting with her great-great- aunts, who had a sister act on the vaudeville circuit.
Karla Puno Garcia is a NYC based performer, choreographer, and educator. She has worked in television, film, on international/national tours, and on Broadway - most recently in Hamilton: An American Musical.
Originally from Oxon Hill, MD, her first professional gig was at 12 years old with Debbie Allen and James Ingram in Allen's Kennedy Center production of Brothers of the Knight. She got the bug and moved to the Big Apple!
Katelin Zelon (she/her)is a New York City based choreographer, teacher, and performer.
Katelin holds a Bachelor’s of Science in American Dance Pedagogy from Oklahoma City University, where she helped found, co-direct, and choreograph the university’s Broadway Fun for Funds, an annual fundraiser for AIDSand HIV awareness.
Joshua Bergasse (he/him) is a New York-based choreographer as well as a master teacher. He has been a guest artist at New York University, Marymount Manhattan College, Indiana University, James Madison University, Shenandoah University, Kean University, Creighton University and the University of California Satellite Program.
Randy Skinner’s Broadway shows include 42nd Street (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Astaire nominations), Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Tony, Drama Desk nominations), Dames At Sea (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Astaire nominations), Ain’t Broadway Grand (Tony, Outer Critics nominations), State Fair (Outer Critics nomination), After The Night And The Music (MTC/Friedman Theatre). For City Center Encores! Mr.
DianaLaurenson (she/her) is a Choreographer, Dance Educator, Triple-Threat Performer, Co-Artistic Director & Stagehand with over four decades of Broadway experience in the Entertainment Industry. Her immense body of work includes 7+ Broadway shows , numerous National & International Tours, Business & Regional Theatre, TV & Film, and Master Classes around the world, from the USA to Japan, New Zealand, China, Australia, Argentina, Mexico, France, Great Britain and Canada.
After launching his career with The Walt Disney Company, Jason Wise performed as Tumblebrutus in over 800 shows of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS across the US, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Venezuela before cartwheeling across America as the Carpet in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.
Al Blackstone (he/him) is an Emmy-winning director, choreographer, and educator. His passion for bringing people together to experience something meaningful drives him to make dances, tell stories, and encourage joyful connection. Born in New Jersey and raised in a dance studio, he has called New York City home for more than a decade. In that time he has created emotional work for the stage and screen, thrown dance parties for charity, and introduced hundreds of people to one another. He believes deeply in the power of dance, community, and kindness.