Trina Parks is best known as the first African-American lead in a James Bond film. She portrayed Thumper in the James Bond film Diamonds are Forever opposite Sean Connery. Parks is also a dancer having majored in modern dance she has choreographed many shows including a dance number for the Golden Globes. She was also an unaccredited dancer in the... read full bio
The Trinity Dance Company started in 1990 as a way to celebrate the work of Founding Artistic Director Mark Howard. The companys style stays true to tradition, but looks for original expression through it. Howards company started progressive dance, it opened the path to new artistic expression that led to productions like Riverdance. Soon after starting the company, the dancers... read full bio
Tristan MacManus began dancing in his hometown of Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland before moving on to compete around Europe, eventually winning numerous Juvenile, Junior and Amateur competitions. After appearing in Ella Enchanted, he performed in theatre productions throughout Ireland, most notably in the Cork City Opera House and The Gaiety Theatre, including Bryan Flynn's production of Oliver! and Aladdin, among... read full bio
Ukrainian born American professional dancer Valentin “Val” Chmerkovskiy is a two-time World Latin champion and 14-time U.S. National Latin champion. He is best known, however, as a cast member on Dancing with the Stars (DWTS). In the spring of 2015, Val, along with celebrity partner Rumer Willis, won the 20th season of the show. Along with his brother Maksim (also... read full bio
Vandana Hart, a refugee turned global changemaker, has visited more than 100 nations and encouraged organizations and leaders to lead from the heart. She uses the universal language of dance as the creator and host of Netflix's We Speak Dance to promote empowerment, wellness, and connection around the globe. She leads audiences on a journey of transformation into embodied leadership with... read full bio
Emmy Award- winning comedienne Vicki Lawrence is one of the most beloved television personalities of her generation. Plucked out of total obscurity as a high school senior, Vicki went on to become part of the now-legendary cast of the Carol Burnett Show. In the seventh season, and hundreds of hilarious sketches later, at the ripe, old age of 24,... read full bio
Willie Gomez is an up-and-coming Latin pop singer-songwriter and dancer who was born in the Dominican Republic and was raised in Miami, Florida. When Gomez was only 13 years old he became inspired by pop music and went on to take dance and vocal lesson trainings at MDA Studios. By the time he was only 17 years old, he was... read full bio
The jump-jiving, rumba-writhing spectacle Dancing On Ice celebrates the quickness, intensity and sensuality of ice dancing. Wilhelm "Willy" Bietak is originally from Austria, and he participated in two Winter Olympics while competing internationally with partners Evelyne Schneider and Gerlinde Schönbauer. The World Figure Skating Hall of Fame welcomed him as a member. He started Willy Bietak Productions, a Santa Monica, California-based production... read full bio
Witney Carson is a professional dancer and choreographer, best known for her prestigious status as a professional on Dancing with the Stars. She was only 18 years old when she was first chosen to be a contestant on So You Think You Can Dance, and finished ladies' second runnerup. This catapulted her dancing career, and led to her becoming a... read full bio
The hit NBC television dance competition show, World of Dance, is coming live to theaters all across Canada and the US! The show features dance performers, including solo acts and groups, representing all styles of dance, competing for a grand prize of $1 million. World of Dance Live features the top dancers from the entire spectrum of genres, including local... read full bio
Anthony Alfaro and Christopher Alfaro are the DJ duo from New York known as YOOKiE. They produce music in all genres of electronic dance music including dupstep, trap, and bass. Their name, YOOKiE, is meant to represent the feeling you get from their music which they describe as “Bass presence hums through a melody that leaves a gathering bouncing to... read full bio
Yuan Yuan Tan is a Chinese dancer who has been a principal dancer with the San Francisco Ballet. Tan was born in Shanghai, China, and she began dancing after entering into the Shanghai Dance School when she was 11 years old. She went on to win several international awards while young which included a gold medal and the Nijinsky Award... read full bio
