Contemporary

Destini Rogers is an award-winning New York-based dancer, choreographer, and master teacher with roots in the American heartland. Multitalented and versatile, she grew up in Oklahoma City, where she was exposed to a broad spectrum of dance forms — everything from ballet, contemporary and tap to African, hip-hop, flamenco, and Native American Fancy Shawl dancing. She was accepted into the Classen School of Performing Arts, where she was a dance major and began choreographing at age 14.

Vivake Khamsingsavath (Vive) is a Laotian American dancer, teacher and choreographer from Brooklyn, New York. He studied dance at Binghamton University, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Vive has toured across the globe teaching and performing. In New York City, he has performed at notable venues including The Shed, Lincoln Center, Radio City Music Hall, Carnegie Hall, Broadway at Bryant Park and Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. Vive has appeared on The Today Show, The View and Good Morning America.

Shayla Pringle is a 2012 graduate of Lincoln Park Performing Arts, where she was a dance major during her four years of high school. Shayla began her dance training at age 3 at her mother’s studio, she studied and trained in ballet, tap, jazz, acrobat, pointe, hip hop, contemporary and lyrical.

Derek Piquette is a dancer, choreographer, director and teacher. He has been seen in many different Film and Television Series such as AppleTV+ Schmigadoon Season 1 &2,, Netflix’s Julie and the Phantoms, Netflix's Work It, Fox's So You Think You Can Dance, NBC's World of Dance, Netflix's Scaredy Cats and Amazon's The Boys.

Anthony Garza was born and raised in Bakersfield California and currently resides in Los Angeles. He has traveled the world touring and dancing with several iconic artists. Britney Spears, Janet Jackson, Nicki Minaj, Tinashe, Pink, Christina Aguilera, Ricky Martin, Katy Perry, Todrick Hall, Taylor Swift, and more.

Waverly Fredericks (he/him) is from Washington Heights and began his training at Dance Theatre of Harlem. He later attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, the Ailey School, and MOVE|NYC|. Fredericks appeared as a top eight finalist on season 17 of So You Think You Can Dance. His summers have taken him to Alonzo King LINES Ballet and Jacob’s Pillow.

Lorena Cobos (she/her), a Bronx native, studied dance at Hofstra University where she found her voice through movement. From there, she went on to pursue a career as a performing artist, educator and choreographer. Her movement quality is a reflection of training in various dance styles, such as: jazz, modern, contemporary, latin, hip-hop foundations and more. Lorena has worked closely with Rhapsody James, Lauren Cox, J9 Dance, Joanna Numata, Brice Mousset, and Greg Dolbashian to name a few.

Ryan Green is a professional Dancer/Choreographer based in Los Angeles. Ryan has been in numerous music videos for a variety of different artist including Carly Rae Jepson, Blake Shelton, Tracee Ellis Ross, SubUrban, Jackson Wang and more. He’s appeared in commercials such as Jcrew and Franklin Covey. Ryan continues to explore his love for movement and experimental style within choreography and movement coaching.