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.

Tim Flattery, originally from Onaga, Kansas, began dancing at Studio 1 Dance Center. He attended The University of Kansas where he was a member of the Rock Chalk Dancers and The University Dance Company. After earning his B.F.A degree, he worked professionally on Holland America Cruise Lines, for Broadway Dance Center, and for the New York City contemporary and modern company, Beings. Tim was a studio director for a competitive studio in Kansas, the assistant coach for The Rock Chalk Dancers as well as the coach for a High School dance team. He is currently choreographing for studios and universities all over the midwest along with pursuing his passion for judging.

Brionna Trilling has been lucky enough to have been judging for three years. She started performing professionally at a young age in the Broadway National Tour of Billy Elliot: The Musical. After touring around the world for four years, she moved to NYC to train at the Professional Performing Arts School and continue her career professionally. She recently graduated with a BFA in Musical Theater at Marymount Manhattan College, where she has gotten to train with Fosse Verdon sanctioned reconstructor Dana Moore, and many other professionals involved with the legacy. She is now lucky enough to be an adjunct Professor on their Daily Dance faculty. Recently, she worked as the Associate Choreographer and played Cha Cha in Grease and was the Associate Choreographer for Pete The Cat’s Big Hollywood Adventure. Some of her favorite experiences include: participating in choreography labs with Disney Theatricals, and performing at The Muny. She has also had the opportunity to assist professionals such as Lane Napper, Christine O’Grady Roberts, and Whitney Sprayberry. Brionna is so thankful she’s had the chance to share her passion as a guest teacher and choreographer at different dance studios around the country.

Originally from British Columbia, Canada, Richard trained at Canada’s National Ballet School and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. He had the opportunity to perform with the National Ballet of Canada numerous times including the world premiere of John Alleyne’s Tristan and Isolde and achieved his advanced certification in the Cecchetti method of ballet. Other career highlights have included productions of: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Promises, Promises, Singin’ in the Rain, Sweet Charity, Guys and Dolls, Beauty and the Beast, Jean Ann Ryan Productions, Royal Caribbean Productions (including Dancing with the Stars’ Louis Van Amstel’s production of Invitation to Dance), Albany Berkshire Ballet, Sarah Berges Contemporary Dance, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Dance Theatre Northwest, Galan Entertainment’s Tango Buenos Aires and the APEC Summit in Vladivostok, Russia. He frequently teaches all over the United States and Canada.

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.