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Asher Walker grew up in the small town of Rocky Mount, VA. Although he was raised in a rural area where hip hop wasn't popular, he pursued this unfamiliar genre with much interest and enthusiasm. As he began to further develop his skills and familiarized himself with hip hop his passion for dance in general grew. During high school Asher was able to balance his academic and dance opportunities with much success.In the Fall of 2010 he auditioned in Atlanta for SYTYCD and made it to Vegas Rounds. He made it through 4 of the choreography rounds before being cut in the 5th. He was one of the top 50 dancers who auditioned for season 2011. Congrats. Asher has just graduated high school and will be attending James Madison University in the fall with a partial dance scholarship. He plans to major in dance from JMU and then move to LA to pursue his dance career as far as it will take him. | |||
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Brent McBeth began taking dance at age 3 and, as his mother will attest, his feet have not stopped twitching since. After graduating from Sam Houston State University with a B.F.A. in Musical Theater, he traveled throughout the U.S. and Europe as dance captain of the Broadway musical Fosse, working with theater legends such as Ann Reinking, Ben Vereen, and Ruthie Henshall. He has taught master classes at Ann Reinking's Broadway Theater Project, Houston Ballet Academy, Clear Lake Metropolitan Ballet, and numerous studios and universities around the country. He now resides in New York where he splits his time both on stage performing and in studios teaching and choreographing. Brent is the co-choreographer of a new tap show entitled Time Step, which was recently featured at the New York Musical Theater Festival and in Tony Waag's Tap City. Link | |||
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Jayme Stasko-Radeke has been a part of the dance world for 28 years and is a professional teacher and choreographer and based in the Chicago area. She began at age 3, studying ballet, modern, lyrical, jazz, tap, hip-hop and graduated with high honors from the Univ. Of Illinois U-C, with a bachelors degree in dance. She's worked with some of the world's top choreographers and teachers; teaches Master classes and choreographs across the country. Featured as a choreography winner for the Cathy Roe's dance educational videos, Jayme producing two videos; Hip-Hop for Kids, and Hip-Hop Choreography. She was choreographer and for Radio Disney's Ashley Garland. Jayme has also been a faculty member for the Chicago National Association of Dance Masters. | |||
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Deanna Doyle is well-rounded in performing. She was a principal dancer with the Kansas City Ballet for 8 years, performed with New York City Ballet, studied ballet at The School of American Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, is equally proficient in tap, jazz, contemporary dance and musical theatre, had the lead role in Surflight Theatre’s “On Your Toes” last year and most recently performed the role of Linda in Royal Caribbean Production’s “Saturday Night Fever” in Europe, choreographed by Spencer Liff, known for his choreography for “So You Think You Can Dance” and the new television series “Smash.” She has danced for Karole Armitage; she graduated summa cum laude from the University of Kansas with a B.A. in psychology and a minor in dance. | |||
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Ioana Alfonso has worked extensively in the performing arts both on stage and in film/television. She started dancing at the age of 4 and by the age of 15 was working professionally as assistant to Mia Michaels (of “So You Think You Can Dance”) while attending New World School of the Arts, a performing arts high school. She has assisted Ms. Michaels on numerous projects including pre-production for “Madonna: Drowned World Tour”, “Celine Dion’s ‘New Day’”, setting works on concert dance companies, teaching, etc. She attended New York University’s conservatory program, Tisch School of the Arts, where she received her BFA in 3 years including a summer abroad in Salzburg, Austria (SEAD). Read More | |||
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Kyle Shukis is a critically acclaimed teacher who conducts master classes and sets choreography at studios, performing arts high schools and universities across the country. He is currently the head of dance faculty and assistant director for the Virginia Summer Residential Governor’s School for the Arts, has served on faculty at both Rutgers and Radford Universities, and has taught at the American College Dance Festival for the past five years as well as countless classes across the US. As a performer Kyle grew up in the competition world, continued to study dance at the University of Massachusetts, and performed extensively in New York City with several companies including the internationally known modern company Randy James Dance Works, where he also served as rehearsal director. His choreographic works have won prestigious awards at the studio and university level and have been presented by Dance Place in Washington DC and Dance New Amsterdam and Broadway Dance Center in NYC. |
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Lindsey Whitt started dancing at the age of 9. She began competing at the age of 11 and hasn’t stopped yet. She loves to be on stage and enjoys performing among large crowds. She has competed as well as performed all up and down the east coast, where she has received various awards such as, Dancer of the Year, and Dance Idol. Though she already has a strong background of many styles including ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, and hip-hop, Lindsey plans to further her experience by traveling through out the US and taking from new instructors. Lindsey also is a choreographer for some smaller studios, but plans to do much more after graduating college. She currently is a sophomore at Radford University studying to achieve a BFA in contemporary dance. Lindsey plans to pursue her career in performing, and then later open a dance studio and share her love for dance with others. |
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Cindy Joyce has over 25 years of dance experience in teaching, choreographing and performing. She is the owner and Dance Director of the Patrick County Dancing Arts Center in Stuart, VA and most recently the Surry County Dance Center in Mount Airy, NC. Ms. Joyce has trained with some of the most nationally renowned names in dance. She has studied dance at UNC-G for continuing education and is certified in the fields of Creative Movement, Ballet, and Tap for Pre-School Primary Age Children. Ms. Joyce teaches and judges for several dance organizations including Dance Teachers United in MS, and Dance Troupe, Inc. in VA. She was a teacher in the Minds in Motion program developed by the Richmond Ballet for the public school systems in Martinsville, VA - a program which brings dance training to children in 4th - 6th grades of public school. Several of her former students have professional careers in dance, including performing at Disney World in Orlando, FL. | |||
