Tap

Cartier Williams is a hoofer, choreographer, filmmaker, and performer hailing from Washington, D.C. He began his tap dancing career at the age of four. 

Nicholas Young is a New York based, Dancer, Musician and Choreographer, most recently a cast member of the Off Broadway sensation STOMP. Nicholas performed the lead roll for both the touring and New York based shows, acted as rehearsal director for the American tour, and is grateful to have spent more than 9 years with the show. 

Charles "Chuck" Kelley taught dance in New York City since in the late 1960s and had an international reputation as a "teacher's teacher." His students, who numbered in the thousands, have gone on to careers in film, TV, Broadway musicals, and as dance teachers. Chuck had the distinction of being recognized for his contributions in the art of teaching dance by every major dance teacher association in America. Chuck shuffled along on Jan 3, 2017, and we will miss him greatly.

Caleb Teicher is a 2011 Bessie Award Winner for Outstanding Individual Performance and was listed on Dance Magazine's 2012 "25 to Watch." He is a founding member of Dorrance Dance and also dances with The Chase Brock Experience. Other dance credits include work with Syncopated City Dance Company, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Cartier Williams, Richard J. Hinds, Camille A. Brown, Igal Perry, and iLuminate.

Aaron Parkhurst has almost two decades of tap dance experience under his belt. He received dance training in his hometown of Albany, NY. Working in NYC professionally for the past 10 years, he now calls the city his home. 

Beth Nicely is originally from Columbus, Ohio but has been performing in NYC for over a decade. She was recently on the choreography team for the Netflix film The Prom, working with Nicole Kidman and Meryl Streep.

Previous Broadway credits include 42nd Street (National Tour), Spamalot, White Christmas, Young Frankenstein, Bullets Over Broadway, Something Rotten!, and Chicago. Beth was also a Rockette at Radio City Music Hall. 

Karida Griffith is from Portland, Oregon. She grew up training in Tap, Jazz, Ballet, and West African dance. She has been a Radio City Rockette, and performed in Cirque du Soleil's Banana Shpeel choreographed by Jared Grimes. She has most recently performed as a member of Dorrance Dance, as a part of Michelle Dorrance's Bessie-Award winning choreography with Danspace, and at Jacob's Pillow. She has also been a featured soloist at the New York City Tap Festival.