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Elena Macovei

Elena Macovei was born in in the Moldova Republic. She is a graduate of the National College of Choreography; the Academy of Music, Theater and Fine Arts; and was a dancer at the most prestigious professional state ensemble JOC. Elena specialized in folk dances from Moldova, Romania, and Russia in classical dance, modern dance, jazz, … Continued

Ronan Kelly

Ronan is from co. Roscommon, Ireland. He danced competitively for 12 years for the Sylvan Kelly School of Dance, Co. Mayo winning all major titles including five World Titles and four All Ireland Titles. He teaches with the Sylvan Kelly School of Dance and was the modern choreographer at Camp Rince Ceol in New York … Continued

Mairead Trainor

Mairead from London began dancing at the age of two. She dances for the Trainor School of Irish Dance which is run by her mother, aunt and cousin. During her competitive career she has won all major titles including the World Championships. She has also qualified as a Personal Trainer. Mairead attended the Riverdance Summer … Continued

Jabu Graybeal

From Pittsboro, NC, USA dancer, producer, and musical artist Jabu Graybeal first studied with JUBA award winner Gene Medler of the Chapel Hill Ballet School and was a member for 9 years of the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble (NCYTE), one of the most renowned youth tap companies in the world. Jabu is a Jacob’s … Continued

Rocio Dusmet

Born in Madrid, Rocio began her professional career when she was eight years old. She graduated from the Royal Professional Conservatory of Dance Mariemma in the specialty of Spanish Dance in Madrid. In 2012 Rocio was awarded the Spanish Dance Prize at the XVI National Call for Dance City of Castellón. Rocio has toured France, … Continued

Brian Culligan

Emily Jade McFadden

Emily Jade, a Montgomery County native, started Irish dancing for a small school in Gaithersburg, MD at the age of five. Emily holds fond memories of dancing across the DMV as a child, some of her favorite performances being the annual St. Patrick’s Parade of Washington, D.C. and dancing for military heroes at the Walter … Continued

Ellie-Mae Wheeler

Ellie-Mae embarked on her dancing journey at the age of 11 with the Claddagh Academy in London. Throughout her competitive career, she placed 6th in the World, top 5 at major competitions across the globe and was crowned North American National, Scottish National and Southern England Oireachtas Champion. In 2017, Ellie-Mae was awarded a scholarship … Continued

Kenji Igus

Kenji Igus has been tap dancing since the age of six, starting out in the jazz night clubs of Los Angeles and then joining the Jazz Tap Ensemble. Kenji is featured in a variety of media including doing work for ESPN, Google, Disney, and Amazon. Kenji has choreographed two shows for Universal Studios Hollywood, consulted … Continued

Dharmesh Patel

Dharmesh started dancing at the age of 7 and graduated from Bird College of Performing Arts in London 2007. Since then he has danced and assisted with choreography in various shows all over the world. He is disciplined in many forms of dance ranging from Classical to Hip Hop, working in various Operas at the … Continued