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Christian Denice is orginally from Los Angeles and his professional dance experience includes Odyssey Dance Theatre, River North Dance Chicago, and Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal. He most recently lived in Athens Greece, dancing for Andonis Foniadakis Dance Company and made his Broadway debut in The Little Prince, which opened in New York early 2022. He is a national and international dance choreographer, creating for professional contemporary and contemporary ballet companies across the globe as well and universities and pre-professional dance training programs. As a dance educator, he has been in residence with numerous schools and organizations including Johns Hopkins University Peabody Conservatory. He has won several choreography awards and accolades, and as a dancer, was named one of the top ten male dancers of Chicago in 2010.

Katelyn Cushing is a professional dancer in Los Angeles, California. She has found success in commercials having shot for popular brands such as Old Navy, Puma, and Target. Ms. Cushing has danced in music videos for artists such as Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, Jason Derulo, Calvin Harris, and Hailee Steinfeld, Over the past few years she assisted in choreography for a number of tours including Justin Bieber, Derek and Julianne Hough, Maks and Val Chmerkovskiy, and latin artist, Prince Royce. Credits in assistant choreography in television include So You Think You Can Dance and Flirty Dancing. After graduating with a BA Degree in Dance from Western Michigan University, she made the leap of faith to pursue her dreams and hasn't looked back since.

Lauren grew up in the world of competitive dance and moved to Los Angeles shortly after high school graduation to pursue a professional career in dance. After attending a scholarship program at Millennium Dance Complex and completing a work study program at Edge Performing Arts Center, she was signed with Go 2 Talent Agency. She has since danced for The World Expo in Shanghai and traveled the world dancing with Holland America Cruise lines. Lauren has worked for successful artists such as; Beyonce, Cher Loyd, Madonna, Nike and Walk The Moon. To accompany her prolific career in dance, she has been adjudicating and choreographing internationally for over 8 years. Lauren has just returned from Australia, where she spent 8 months performing with Velvet Rope Entertainment Company, as well as teaching at world renowned Mad Dance House and other studios in Brisbane. She is currently living in Chicago, teaching at Visceral Dance Center, and choreographing for the Chicago Bulls Dance Team.