Daniella Cavaleri - Jazz
Daniella Cavaleri has been teaching and choreographing for WDA since its inception in 1997. She has trained extensively in all styles of dance and her performance credits include the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Fosse (International/National Tour), Rolling Stones Tour, benefits such as Nothin Like a Dame, and industrials for Walmart, Viacom, and SONY, among others. She has additionally performed with companies such as Mia Michael’s R.A.W., Notario Dance Company, Morgan Scott Ballet, and American Dance Company. Her professional credits and training have contributed immensely to her success with the WDA Troupe and has led to numerous recognitions for her choreography and for her students. She consistently sets high standards for all of her students, pushing them to test their limits and eventually reaching their goals.
Channing Cooke - Jazz
After competing on So You Think You Can Dance, Boston native, Channing Cooke, journeyed across the country to Los Angles to further pursue her dance career. Her first big break in Los Angeles came when Adam Shankman and Travis Wall were casting for the 42nd annual Academy Awards featuring Neil Patrick Harris. Since then she has continued to work with Travis on such projects as Dancing With The Stars, The 2010 Video Music Awards featuring Florence and The Machine, and his new company Shaping Sound. She has also had the pleasure of working with such artists and choreographers as Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Jessie J, Tina Landon, Tabitha and Napoleon, and Dee Caspary. She has also performed on numerous award shows, commercials, and music videos, a few including the Ellen Degeneres Show, American Idol, the X-Factor, and Shake It Up.
Scott Fowler - Broadway Jazz
A New England Native Scott has performed in over six Broadway shows and two national tours,his most memorable being JEROME ROBBIN BROADWAY, SWING,and TWYLA THARP'S MOVIN OUT. Feature films include GNOMEO & JULIET, BEDTIME STORIES,THE PRODUCERS,GUESS WHO,GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE,INSPECTOR GADGET,Woody's Allen's MIGHTY APHRODITE and the BEST PICTURE OSCAR winner CHICAGO. Television appearances include SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE,DANCING WITH THE STARS,GLEE,BUNHEADS,ELI STONE,VIVA LAUGHLIN,SWINGTOWN,ELLEN,SUDDENLY SUSAN,CINDERELLA,ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT,ANNIE,CAROLINE IN THE CITY,TRACEY ULLMAN- LIVE AND EXPOSED,WILL AND GRACE,and TONY BENNETT- AN AMERICAN CLASSIC. Scott,who also danced with the NEW YORK CITY BALLET,has been in over 30 national commercials and continues to perform in live industrial shows,award shows from the OSCARS to the EMMY'S as well as teach and choreograph and spread the love of DANCE in and around the country. Scott now lives in Los Angeles and has just finished a three year contract dancing in Las Vegas with CHER at Caesars Palace.Current projects include associate choreographer on the soon to be released film LUCKY STIFF as well as appearances in ROCK OF AGES (the film) and GANGSTER SQUAD. This coming Christmas look for Scott as the singing and dancing spokesperson for NISSANS holiday Christmas commercial.
Chris Hale - Lyrical
Chris Hale is currently on faculty at Broadway Dance Center NYC, is Associate director of :pushing progress and Director of
the :pushing progress contemporary training program, which launched in the fall of 2009. Through incorporating anatomy and varied
methodologies for sustainability and injury prevention :pushing progress brings a sophisticated level of information into the lives of every
dancer who has the drive and passion to grow as an artist. He has performed with such recording artists as Mary J. Blige, Deborah Cox,
Tamia, Anastacia and Michael Jackson. Television credits include HBO's "Sex and the City" playing opposite Kim Catrall. He along with
fellow instructor Calen Kurka, released an instructional video for the Live At BDC series entitled, “Floorwork, with Calen Kurka and Chris
Hale” His work has appeared throughout New York in choreographer’s showcases such as “The Turning Point” at NYC’s Puffin Room,
“Envision This” by Enfocus Dance and the :pushing progress Showcase Series. Chris has more than two years experience with the GY-
ROTONIC® methodology and is very excited to add GYROKINESIS® to his teaching. He is an ABT® Certified Teacher, who has suc-
cessfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Primary through
level 3 of the ABT® National Training Curriculum.
Devon Perry - Hip Hop
Devon
is from Toronto and has been since a young age. He has had the opportunity in choreographing
for such projects as The Toronto Film Festival as well the tap scenes in the movies;
Honey, Universal Pictures and Save The
Last Dance 2 MTV.
His music video credits include; Chris Brown-Turn Up The Music, NeYo-Beautiful Monster, David Guetta+Chris
Brown-I Can Only Imagine, Timbaland-Cop That Disc, Snoop+Wiz-Young,Wild n’
Free, BoA-Energetic, K-OS-Superstar + Crab Bucket, Yasmeen-Blue Jeansand
many more. Devon has also performed
on TV and stage with artists such as; the V.M.A.’s, Billboard Awards, BET
Awards, DWTS, w/ Chris Brown,
So You Think You Can Dance w/ Ne-Yo, American Idol w/ Travis Garland and
Stefano Langone, DWTS w/ Macy’s All-Stars, DWTS w/ Jason Derulo, Korean Pop
Star BoA and many more. He has also appeared in commercials for Marshall’s, Cali-Max,
Milk-Dairy Farmers of Ontario, Joe Fresh Clothing and Lotto 6/49. Devon is always seeking to improve his craft
within all dance forms. He is currently
living in Los Angeles and teaching at Millennium Dance Complex, as well as across
the U.S., Canada and Europe.
Jason Luks - Tap
Jason Luks is currently a member of Tap Stars, touring through Europe with its inaugural stage in Hamburg, Germany. Jason Luks was recently a member of the 2009-10 Broadway cast of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas under the creative direction of Director, Walter Bobbie, and Choreographer, Randy Skinner. In 2003, Jason was named the Adult World Tap Champion at the International Dance Organization World Tap Dance Championships held in Riesa, Germany. Jason's credits include Law and Order, CBS’s The Early Show, Saturday Night Live, and the MTV Video Music Awards. He recently performed in Spare Some Change: NYC Artists for Barack Obama and earlier this year at the Kennedy Center celebrating the late Senator Ted Kennedy’s 77th birthday attended by President Obama. Reaching across the aisle, he performed in the 55th Presidential Inauguration celebration (for President George Bush) along with Hilary Duff in America's Future Rocks Today. In 2006, Jason performed in the original production of Common Grounds in the New York Musical Theater Festival and was featured in the televised New York City audition of So You Think You Can Dance where he was sent off to Vegas. With Tapaholics, Jason has performed at the Supper Club in New York City, the DRA Solstice in Times Square, and on The Tony Danza Show. He was named Young Choreographer of the Year by American Dance Awards in 2005. Jason continues to choreograph and teach at studios and conventions (including HALL OF FAME Dance Challenge, SHOCK the dance intensive, Adrenaline, Tap the Map, Slide and Dance Masters of America). Jason graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Dance. While there, he had the privilege of dancing in works by world-renowned choreographers Trisha Brown and Mark Morris.
Kyle Robinson - Contemporary/Jazz
Kyle Robinson is from Duxbury, MA. He graduated from Juilliard in '09 with a BFA in Dance. Kyle had the privilege of performing with Mikhail Baryshnikov in a work choreographed by Aszure Barton while touring with Hell's Kitchen Dance. He later joined and toured with Ms. Barton's company, Aszure & Artists. He played the principal role of "Diesel" in the 2010-2011 1st National Tour of West Side Story. He now resides in LA where he starred in the reality documentary series on the Oxygen network titled All The Right Moves. He has performed with The Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, Buglisi Dance Theater, and The Lunge Dance Collective, and is a Principal dancer and Co-Creator with Shaping Sound Dance Company.
Emily Shock - Contemporary
Emily Shock is a teacher, studio owner and choreographer from Oklahoma. Her choreography and students have been featured on "So You Think You Can Dance", "Live to Dance" with Paula Abdul, ESPN, web-based reality show "Step by Step with the Westmoore Jags", "The Regis and Kelly Show", and in the Guiness Book of World Records. Her students have been, and continue to be, nationally recognized as dancers, models and scholars. Emily has choreographed for professional companies, "Truth in Progress", "The Sparrow Dance Company" and "Dare to be Soul". She was a Capezio A.C.E. award finalist in 2010 and had the honor of choreographing for the "Art for Life" show in Los Angeles and "Dancing Downtown at the Joyce" in New York City for Dancers Responding to AIDS. Her choreography set on dancers from East Coast Movement won the 2009 Presentation Award at the DRA event. Emily is a master class teacher and convention teacher for many workshops, studios and conventions across the nation. Her teaching techniques have been featured in Dance Teacher Magazine. She is the director of Applause Studios in Oklahoma City and is working to bring contemporary dance into the major art scene in Oklahoma. She hopes to provide opportunities for dancers to make a living doing what they love in the place that they love.
Dani Solano - Contemporary/Jazz
Dani Solano began dancing at the age of three, with a slight
sidetrack into
gymnastics at the age of five. After getting back into dance
(initially hip hop)
she made the junior company at what was formerly Joe
Michael’s Dance Studio in Miami, FL and dance took off. At 14, Solano was
accepted into Coral Reef Magnet High School for Dance and was also a member of
the nationally ranked Cudettes Dance Team for all four of her high school
years. Post graduation, she was accepted into Florida State University where
she also participated on the Golden Girls Dance Team and received her Bachelors
of Science in Marketing. Upon moving back to Miami, Solano has taught at numerous
public schools and dance studios as well as pursued a dance career of her own.
She has recently starred in this summer’s release of “Step Up: Revolution,” and continues to
participate in various local dance projects such as the Dancer’s Alliance “It’s
About Time!” movement.
Kenny Wormald - Hip Hop
Kenny Wormald was born in Boston and studied from the age of 6-18 training in Tap, Ballet, Jazz, Modern and Hip Hop. After graduating high school in 2002, Kenny moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in dance. Since then he has worked with artists such as, Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, Chris Brown, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Buble, and more! Also he appeared in commercials for GAP, IPod, Best Buy and Nissan. In 2009, he danced in the Doll Domination Tour with the Pussycat Dolls and was featured on the MTV Video Music Awards in the Michael Jackson tribute! Kenny starred in MTV's hit series DanceLife and was the lead actor in CENTERSTAGE: Turn It Up! In October 2011, Kenny debuted as the lead role of Ren McCormack in the musical remake ofFootloose, which debuted at #2 its opening weekend! He has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, ELLEN Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Strictly Come Dancing, Dancing with the Stars and more. Aside from performing Kenny also teaches workshops all over the world including Los Angeles (Millennium Dance Complex), Italy, London, Paris, Germany, Greece, Canada and Australia!