Christina Barrow is a passionate and dedicated dance educator, performer, and choreographer based in New Jersey. She is a certified NJ dance educator for the Orange Public Schools. In addition to her work in public education, Christina is on faculty at Concepts Dance Academy and serves as the assistant choreographer for their in-house company, Concepts In Choreography. Beyond teaching, she remains committed to her craft, continuing to train and perform professionally as a commercial dancer. With a strong foundation in both education and performance, Christina strives to empower the next generation of dancers while actively pursuing her own artistic growth.

Sam Behrens is a dancer, choreographer, and educator based in New York City. She holds a BFA in Dance from Marymount Manhattan College, with a dual concentration in Jazz and Choreography, and received the Gold Key Award for the highest achievement in her concentration.

As a performer, Sam is a member of the commercial dance company, TreadFAST, where she currently serves as a dance captain. She has had the opportunity to work on a variety of projects, including Good Day New York, Capezio ACE Awards, Bridesmaids: A Dance Narrative at Symphony Space, the HBO series Love Life, Vices at Peridance Capezio Center, and a commercial campaign for a protein beverage company.

In addition to her performing career, Sam is an award-winning choreographer. Her choreography has been featured at venues such as Steps on Broadway’s Choreography Lab. She received the "Best Choreography" award at the New York International Film Festival for an original dance film and was a recipient of the 2023 Dance New Jersey Regrant Program.

Sam is also a passionate dance educator and a part of the adjunct dance faculty at Kean University. She can also be found judging for multiple dance competitions, teaching for conventions, as well as working with studios and dance programs around the country setting choreography. 

Gene Biscontini is a Tri-State area based multi hyphenated creative with a dynamic career spanning over 20 years. He holds a BFA in Dance from Point Park University and an AS in Physical Therapy from Lackawanna College. As a performer, Gene has graced stages around the world, including Japan’s own Tokyo DisneySea as their lead dancer in the hit show Big Band Beat as well as multiple MainStage Productions with Holland America Cruise Line. He began his professional career at the age of 7, starring in the Off-Broadway show People Garden and has not stopped performing since. Other professional credits include Seussical the Musical (Broadway National Tour), Oliver! (Broadway National Tour), Sarah, Plain and Tall (Off- Broadway), Broadway Kids (Off-Broadway), & Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn at Papermill Playhouse, and Dancing with the Stars at Sea.

He is a multi-award winning Choreographer, 5 time National Dance Champion and Title Winner, giving him great insight into the competitive dance world. Gene was recently highlighted on Dance Teacher Magazine’s social media as one of the industry’s finest convention instructors. He is dedicated to inspiring the next generation of dancers, frequently leading Workshops and Intensives through his company B.Wise Dance, hoping to serve as a mentor to aspiring artists. His latest creative endeavor was acting as RWS Global Talent and Holland America Cruise Line’s Resident Director for their Grand & World Voyages, teaching, directing and installing 22 different shows over the last two years! Gene continues to innovate and explore new ways to express his artistic vision.

Whether on stage, behind the scenes, or in the studio, his is committed to pushing to limits of what dance can be.

Alexander Dutko received his pre-professional training on full scholarship at the Nutmeg Conservatory of the Arts, School of American Ballet, and the Kirov Academy in D.C. In 2001, Alexander was named an A.B.T. National Training Scholar. He was the first male dancer to win the regional Youth Grand Prix award at YAGP, the world’s largest international ballet competition, and was among the “Top 6” finalists at the 2003 Youth America Grand Prix's New York City Finals in Lincoln Center. In 2004, Alexander was the first of 10 dancers invited to join the inaugural class of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre. While at the school he was given the opportunity to dance in the 10th Anniversary Studio Company Gala at Lincoln Center, in the premiere of Jessica Lang's Veiled Calling. Upon graduating from the school, Alexander accepted a corps de ballet position in Miami City Ballet, under the direction of Edward Villella, performing and touring nationally in such ballets as Balanchine's Prodigal Son, Symphony in C, Serenade, Western Symphony, and the Nutcracker, Twyla Tharp's In the Upper Room, Paul Taylor's Funny Papers, and Villella's Don Quixote and Giselle. In the spring of 2007, Alexander choreographed his first ballet Venia for Miami City Ballet. In the fall of 2007, he became a member of Ballet Gamonet- Maximum Dance Company in Miami, performing soloist and principal roles in new works by Jimmy Gamonet de los Heros and Jerry Opdenaker. In 2009, Alexander became a principal dancer with the American Repertory Ballet where he has performed numerous soloist and principal roles in Douglas Martin’s: The Nutcracker, title role in the Firebird, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and Rite of Spring, Gerald Arpino’s Confetti and Viva Vivaldi, Patrick Corbin’s Follia, Kirk Peterson’s: The Eyes That Gently Touch, Afternoon of the Faun, Raymonda and Tears of the Moon, Twyla Tharp’s: Baker’s Dozen, Philip Jerry’s: Our Town and Mary Barton’s: Straight Up with a Twist and 5 Men and a Concerto. In 2011, Mr. Dutko performed as a soloist in the Career Transitions Gala at City Center in NYC, which was hosted by Nigel Lythgoe and Chita Rivera. In 2014, he became the founding Artistic Director of BalletCNJ in Hamilton, NJ. While Director, he started NJ’s first Daytime Professional Training Program in addition to overseeing the school’s Professional Programs. His students went on to compete in YAGP, YAGP Finals, and the Miami International Ballet Competition, where they won top prizes, medals, and scholarships including the Hope, Youth Grand Prix, Grand Prix awards. At these competitions, he received the Outstanding Teacher award for three consecutive years in addition to Outstanding Choreographer. In 2022, Alexander traveled to the Prix de Lausanne in Switzerland, where his student was selected as a finalist and is now in the corps de ballet of the Paris Opera Ballet. Mr. Dutko’s former students have gone on to train with the world’s top schools and have become professional dancers with the San Francisco Ballet, Philadelphia Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, and the Paris Opera Ballet to name a few. Alexander continues his dedication to inspiring, mentoring, and training the next generation of top performers, passionate dancers, and unforgettable artists.

Nick started his dance training at an early age in California and was awarded a full scholarship to Pacific Northwest Ballet. As a member of a competition dance team, he received numerous awards regionally and nationally in solos and group routines. Nick has performed as a dancer, acrobat and aerial artist on many cruises for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and has entertained audiences around the world with his energetic dance style. While working professionally in California, Nick was signed with DDO Artists Agency. His professional accomplishments also include dancing in the Rose Parade, performing for a Sketchers Industrial, and the National Tour of Moving Out choreographed by Twyla Tharp. Nick has been offered leading roles to perform for Tokyo Disney, Disneyland, and Cirque Du Soleil in Las Vegas. He has trained with choreographers such as Mia Michaels, Mandy Moore, and Terri Best. Nick's choreography has won numerous regional and national awards including: Most Entertaining, Acro Excellence and Creative Choreography. 

Nicole Messina has taught tap for more than 25 years. Her professional career as a dancer got started after she competed in the 1999 Miss America pageant. She was a top 10 finalist and preliminary talent winner for her tap dancing. After that, she traveled as a professional dancer/actress for the next couple of years. She performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, the Marquis Theater on Broadway and the Harris and Showboat Casinos in Atlantic City. Nicole traveled in a national tour called Absolut Tap. She appeared in commercials, TV and film, and as a guest host on QVC until she eventually decided to focus on choreography and teaching. Most recently, Nicole has started a youth tap ensemble, Tap Impact, which brings tap dance into the local communities in a positive way to help, inspire and honor the history of tap dance through both tap dance and spoken word. Nicole has taught at many conventions and tap festivals including Utah Tap Fest, Toronto Dance Expo and So Flo Tap Fest to name a few. Nicole has won numerous choreography awards at the state and national competition level. She is a 10-time Industry Dance Awards “Best of Tap Choreography” nominee. She enjoys sharing tutorials and choreography clips on her Tiktok, Instagram and YouTube accounts (@nicoletapz). Nicole is the mom to 3 talented children who have state, regional, national and world titles in martial arts and gymnastics. She is guest faculty at Broadway Dance Center in New York and Powerhouse Dance in New Jersey.

Keisa Parrish began her training in dance in Los Angeles CA under the direction of 3 amazing teachers; Paul and Arlene Kennedy of the infamous tap studio Universal Dance Designs, Cyd Glover-Hill of Art in Motion and Karon Brown Lehman at LA County High School of the Arts (LACHSA) from the HBO documentary “Fame High.” Which lended her the opportunity to perform with Michael Jackson, win the title of Hal Jackson’s Talented Teens International California State and performed, with a leading role, in Debbie Allen's "Pepito Story." 

While earning a BFA degree from Fordham University’s joint program with The Ailey® School, she became a Radio City Rockette, performing in the Christmas Spectacular, doing print ads for Bloomingdale's and making special appearances all over the Tri-State area.  Keisa has been teaching and choreographing for the 29 years and dance adjudicator for the last 20 years and helping to develop dance programs for over 16 years. Her various schools and organizations include Harlem School of the Arts, where she was also the Assistant Dance Director, Next Step Broadway where she was the Studio Manager and Assistant Artistic Director, Elite Dance Challenge Competition, Backstage Competition, Pathway to the Arts, (E)motion by Design, Hal Jackson's Talented Teens International Competition, Dancers Inc. Competition, The Rockette Experience as well as many other dance schools and competitions in the Tri-State area. Keisa is also the former New Jersey Director of the Distinguished Young Women, a unique program that combines the chance to win college scholarships with a program that offers Life Skills training to prepare young women for the world after high school. 

As a certified Yoga/Pilates/TRX instructor, she’s been featured in Fitness Magazine, on Pix 11 Morning News, NBC New York and Buzzfeed. Keisa’s has been teaching fitness and wellness classes/workshops for over 16 years and has worked for great companies such as YogaWorks, Sports Club LA/NY and Clay Gym. Colgate Palmolive has hired her to teach their global leaders "How to use Mindfulness to Alleviate Stress,” while The Covenant House hired her to teach their employees “Exercising & Eating Your Stress Away.” And she has also taught Pilates as a Team Building program to the Nike Basketball Team New York.

Keisa is now the Founder and CEO of LueKaleo Inc, a dance and wellness company that facilitates college and career prep programs, organization and curriculum development for Dance businesses, and teaches stress alleviation practices to help perimenopausal women prioritize their wellbeing. She guides her clients to leverage what they have, to get what they want and create their best possible life.

Katherine “Kat” Wise began her dance training in Little Rock, Arkansas, with specialized focus in ballet, modern, and jazz dance. She quickly moved up the ranks, earning herself a solo spot in performances with Ballet Arkansas Dance Company while still in high school.

She graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in dance and stage management from Point Park University, giving her extraordinary insight to the dance world, both onstage and behind the scenes.

Following her schooling, Kat traveled the globe performing in over 70 different counties dancing styles from ballroom to Beyoncé and anything in between. During this time she fell in love with cirque apparati, learning and developing skills such as the Spanish web, lyra, and silks.

Kat is currently an RYT-250 Yoga Alliance certified instructor, giving her a special mind-body connection while working with her dance students.