Theater

Tanner Lane (he/him) is a NYC based performer and choreographer and is beyond excited to teach at the prestigious BDC. He moved to New York from Florida after attending Florida State University for Musical Theatre. Shortly after moving to the city, Tanner joined the Broadway National Tour of Chicago The Musical where he toured both nationally and internationally (South Korea, Japan, Philippines). In NYC he has performed as both a singer and dancer in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.

Aydin Eyikan is currently part of the original cast of Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ on Broadway. He was also in the original cast of The Music Man on Broadway, part of NBC’s World of Dance, and featured in the official music video for “Boys in the Street” by A Great Big World. Aydin was awarded National Outstanding Dancer twice by NYCDA (Joe Lanteri), was the YoungArts Winner in 2020, and a YAGP Finalist in 2018.

Rebecca Frazier is an NYC based director, choreographer and teaching artist.

Katie Spelman (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based choreographer and director; she was the Associate Choreographer on Moulin Rouge for the Boston, Broadway, and Australian companies, and was an associate on the Broadway productions of Amelie, American Psycho, and Once.

Ashley Marinelli is an IRNE Award winning, Broadway World Award Winning, KCCTF Award Winning and Helen Hayes Nominated choreographer, director and performer. She is a proud graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance in Austria.

Lauralyn McClelland began working professionally in her local theatre at age 16 and for the last 15 years has performed on and off Broadway. Her Broadway credits include Grease, West Side Story, Rock of Ages, Matilda, Sunset Boulevard, SpongeBob SquarePants, and My Fair Lady. She has traveled all over the country with touring productions and regional theatres and spent a year in Asia and Europe with West Side Story.