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Dubbed “a dancing entrepreneur” by The New York Times, choreographer Glenn Douglas Packard has worked with some of the biggest acts in entertainment including Pink, Marc Anthony, Missy Elliot, Nelly Furtado, Whitney Houston, Usher and Liza Minelli. He was even honored with an Emmy nomination for his artistic direction on Michael Jackson’s 30th Anniversary Celebration at Madison Square Garden.

Joshua Pelatzky has performed in musicals such as The Music Man, Bye Bye Birdie, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and was offered a swing role in the first National Tour of CATS at 16. He has been seen in industrials for Bob Mackie, J.C. Penney, L’Oreal and the Designers Institute Foundation Fighting AIDS, and staged an industrial for Diesel in the south of Italy. He made an appearance in Opera Pacific's Aida in Orange County, simultaneously serving as assistant choreographer.

Brooke Wendle recently directed and choreographed a new show for Holland America Cruise Line entitled Love Opera and her choreography will be shown in December at Broadway Dance Lab. She returned to her home state of Texas this summer to choreograph Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson at Casa Mañana Theater and was nominated for a Broadway World Regional Award for best choreography.

Jeff Amsden began his training in Spokane, Washington with the Spokane Ballet and later joined the company. He also studied on scholarship with the Pacific NorthWest Ballet and then the Joffrey Ballet in New York. Jeff toured the US for three years as a soloist with the Joffrey Ballet concert group. He also danced with the Chamber Ballet USA in New York. In Rome, Italy. Jeff was featured on the variety show Fantastico Five and in the feature film Joan Lui.