Rudy Abreu

Rudy Abreu is originally from Miami, FL, where he received his early dance training with Manny and Lory Castro. Under their direction, Rudy went on to perform on various reality TV shows including Paula Abdul’s “Live to Dance”, “America’s Got Talent”, and at the age of 18, after placing in the top 8 of the hit tv show, “So You Think You Can Dance”, he danced on a 77 city tour around the US and Canada with the “So You Think You Can Dance” tour. Rudy relocated to LA following the “So You Think You Can Dance” tour and immediately began teaching at several professional studios including Millenium Dance Complex, Movement Lifestyle and currently is on faculty at the Edge Performing Arts Center. Recent performance credits include Derek and Julianne Hough’s “Move Live on Tour” and Rudy is currently dancing behind JLO in her new residency show at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. Rudy also continues to educate and connect with young dancers all over the country, touring with Artists Simply Human Dance Convention.

Stephen "Twitch" Boss

Stephen "Twitch" Boss is a freestyle dancer from Montgomery, Alabama. As a child, he was always seen moving and dancing hip-hop, which is how he earned the nickname "Twitch." He graduated from Lee High School in Montgomery, Alabama in 2000 and continued to study dance at Southern Union State Community College in Wadley, Alabama. Twitch first appeared on television when he placed second on Star Search behind America's Best Dance Crew group Super Crew's "Do Knock". Then in 2003, Boss went to Los Angeles and auditioned to become a contestant on MTV's "The Wade Robson Project" where he eventually placed third in the competition. At the same time, he attended Chapman University in Southern California where he studied dance. 

Monique Borromeo

Monique was born and raised in Seattle, WA where she trained at Pacific Northwest Ballet School for many years. Later on she danced with the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks for two seasons while in college before taking the plunge into the commercial dance world. Monique then moved to Los Angeles to follow her Dream of traveling the world dancing with major artists, appearing in music videos and dancing in commercials.

Monique has gone on tour with Rihanna’s European Promo Tour and Keri Hilson’s “I Am Music” Tour. She has danced in music videos by Rihanna, Chris Brown and even Raven Symone. Monique has been involved in live award shows; MTV VMA’s for Rihanna ‘08, Teen Choice Awards and Dick Clark’s New Year’s Eve Special with Sean Kingston, MTV VMA’s with Beyonce in ’09 and the Victoria Secret Fashion show with the Black Eyed Peas. She has appeared in the Atlantis Resort Commercial, a National commercial for NAIR as well as a FIAT car commercial starring Jennifer Lopez. 

Anna Dobbins

Anna Marie has been dancing since the age of 5. She has won numerous regional titles as well as National Champion Titles in the fields of jazz and hip hop. She has been trained under the "LDD" program as well as world re-known studios in Los Angeles such as "The Edge" "Millennium"  and "Debbie Reynolds".  Anna Marie is an intern for the world re-known company The Pulse (home of Mia Michaels, Wade Robson, Sonya and more superstars of the dance world). 

Courtney Galiano

Courtney is one of the top 20 dancers on So You Think You Can Dance. Courtney is a contemporary dancer from Commack, NY. Though she specializes in Contemporary, Galiano also loves to dance hip hop. She appeared in the music video for Kat De Luna’s “Whine Up” and is a dancer for the New York Knicks.

Jessica King

Jessica King is a top contemporary dancer from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She is well known for her top 10 appearance on So You Think You Can Dance and appeared as “The Dreamer”, the lead role in the highly acclaimed show Le Reve in Las Vegas at the Wynn Hotel and Casino for two years.

Jessica is also a highly regarded instructor and choreographer of various styles including contemporary, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, tap and ballroom. Learn more at her website.

Talia Favia

Talia Favia is a Los Angeles based Choreographer, Dancer, Artist, and creator/artistic director of LIV Dance. She has taught and choreographed all over the United States, Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, and has choreographed on "So You Think You Can Dance" Vietnam. Along with traveling the world, Talia is the founder and director of her Los Angeles based contemporary company, "The Difference Between." Talia and her company had their first show, "The Difference Between Sinking & Drowning" in Phoenix, AZ and performed to a sold out audience in 2013. In 2014, she brought the show to Los Angeles, CA and was fortunate enough to perform for another sold out audience. Talia's dream to keep her company going is becoming reality.

Her most recent accomplishments include being a finalist in the 2014 Capezio A.C.E Awards where she and her company took home 1st place. In July of 2015, Favia's company took the stage with a brand new show, "The Difference Between Actions & Words" at Dancerpalooza in Long Beach, CA where her work preceded to touch and affect a brand new sold out audience. Favia's blessings increased soon after when she went straight into rehearsal for Season 12 of So You Think You Can Dance.

Talia's choreography has been described as challenging from the inside out. Her passion and love for teaching is indescribable when you see her in a room and watch her spread her knowledge to the next generation.

Mia Michaels

Mia was born in Coconut Grove, Florida, to a family of dancers. Her father and dance teacher, Joe Michaels, taught her jazz, tap and ballet, while her sister, Dana, taught her contemporary dance. Though she began her training with members of her family, she also trained at Miami Conservatory, the Miami Performing Arts Center and Michigan's Interlochen Arts Academy, as well as, the New World School of the Arts. Her first work experience was with her father at the Miami Dance Center, even though she began choreographing at the age of 11. She still works with her father at Joe Michaels Miami Dance Center. She has also taught dance in several schools, including the International Dance Festival of Italy, Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida, and as a guest jazz teacher at the Broadway Dance Center in NYC.

She has choreographed for Madonna's "Drowned World Tour," Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan, Prince, DK 96, Jon Secada, PYT , and Jimmy Ray. She has also worked with Debbie Allen and Dreamworks on an AMC cable series "Cool Women."

She has choreographed a series of commercials, some award-winning, for the WNBA, Mike's Hard Lemonade, Bacardi, Coldwell Banker, Ziploc, Lady Luck Casino in Las Vegas, MTV's "Hot Properties," Star TV and VISA.

She is the founder, artistic director and choreographer of RAW (Reality At Work), a critically acclaimed New York-based dance company begun in 1997. Mia's contemporary dance company "Mia Michaels R.A.W." has performed in Seoul, Korea, the Jazz World Congress, the International Dance Festival in Amsterdam, the Gypsy Project, Jacobs Pillow, and the New York City '99 concert season. In 2001, the dance company went on a 6-week European tour.

In 2003, she was Director of Choreography for Cirque du Soleil's "Delirium." She has created commissioned-work for Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal, Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, Oslo Dance Ensemble, and Rhythmek Lightbody. She's worked for the American Music Awards, Celine Dion's "A New Day" and "Taking Chances World Tour," "West Side Story" and "Hello, Dolly!" on Broadway, and off-Broadway with "If These Shoes Could Talk" and "Fort Chaffee".

Her claim to international fame came in 2005 when she became a guest judge and contemporary choreographer for the "So You Think You Can Dance" competition television series. In 2009, she abruptly left the show after the auditions in New York City. In 2010, she returned, becoming the new resident judge for the show, replacing Mary Murphy.

David Rossetti

David is a actor/choreographer birthed in Southern Maryland, but claiming Central FL as his home. In the early stages of his career he performed in many church musicals and wanted to be a Marine Biologist. In 10th grade, though, everything changed after making audiences laugh as simpleton “Goat” in The Robber Bridegroom.

David attended Valdosta State University and received his B.F.A. in Musical Theatre Performance. Immediately following college he created the role "Cleareen Clawson" in the World Premiere of Diva Diaries at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center and then toured the country & Canada (135 cities in 10 months, to be exact) in the Fame National Tour as the trumpet-playing “Goody.” 

Gregg Russell

Gregg Russell is an Emmy nominated Choreographer and has worked with such stars as: Bette Midler, Gene Kelly, The Nicholas Brothers, Michael Jackson and many more! You may have seen him on television in "Even Stevens", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "The Tonight Show", in the GAP national commercials or his choreography on the hit soap opera "Bold and the Beautiful". He is hosting and production "Tap into the Network" intensives which will have him traveling to 4-6 different cities throughout the country in the summer of 2011 (www.tapintothenetwork.com

"Gregg brings to tap an eclectic mix of style including hip-hop, jazz, and lyrical, with a traditional base, reminiscent of Gene Kelly and the Nicholas Brothers.  It is a joy to watch him dance"- Kenny Ortega, Emmy Award winning Director and Choreographer

Cherrise Wakeham

Cherrise Wakeham has been dedicated to the art of movement since the age of seven and is now employing her passion for choreography and instruction on a national level. Upon moving to Atlanta in 1998, Cherrise became a founding member of The Phoenix Dance Project, under the direction and choreography of John Mattson, where she began performing, teaching, and choreographing professionally. Since that time, she has developed a relentless vision for joining forces of both style and technique within her work and has gone on to work with a wide range of students, companies, and programs throughout the southeast.

In 2007, Cherrise founded the Atlanta-based, non-profit professional contemporary commercial dance company, Project 7. Her work both independently and with Project 7 and as has been featured in Dance Spirit and Dance Informa Magazines and on stages ranging from the Joyce Theatre in New York City to the Alliance and Balzer Theaters in Atlanta. She has been recognized as a 2-time choreographer pick for the Pulse on Tour and invited to a variety of guest performances, including Women in Film and Television of Atlanta, Project S.A.F.E., Phazes of Love and The Pink Frog Foundation. Most recently, Cherrise was named the 1^st runner up of the 2014 Capezio ACE Award and winner of a $5000 production budget toward her own show this summer in Los Angeles. Having graduated Summa Cum Laude with Honors from Georgia State University with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Cherrise aims to combine a concentration in child development with her passion for cultivating creativity, discipline, and self-worth within her students in a professional and positive atmosphere.

Will Wingfield

Will Wingfield began training at age nine at D.C. Dance Factory in Nashville, TN. At age 15, he was noticed by one of the true pioneers of the arts, Mrs. Debbie Allen. Soon thereafter, he moved to L.A., and went on a full scholarship at the "Debbie Allen Dance Academy"(D.A.D.A), where he had the opportunity to train in nine different forms of dance technique. While on scholarship at D.A.D.A he had the pleasure to do five full-length plays, written and directed by Mrs. Debbie Allen. He starred in four principal roles, and served as one of her assistant choreographers on a play she was choreographing, and directing in Beirut Lebanon.