The Spellman Sisters

Dena & Jenna Spellman, better known as the Spellman Sisters. started their careers at a young age. Dena performing with Paula Abdul at the ripe old age of 8 and Jenna dancing with Jay-Z at 13. Now, The Spellman Sisters travel the world teaching Workshops and Master Classes. Some of their credits include: Randy Jackson's Americas Best Dance Crew, with ICONs own ICONic, The MTV Video Music Awards, Guest appearances on Ellen, TRL, The Tyra Banks Show, MADE and more. You can catch them in Disney's Summer 2010 Promo "It's On" and dancing for the Wayan's Brothers new cartoon and book series "The Boo Crew." They also have worked as assistant choreographers on the Orange Bowl Half Time Show with Kool and the Gang, Party City's Halloween commercial, and on So You Think You Can Dance. Most recently the Spellman's performed a very special tribute to director Kenny Ortega, choreographed by GEO. Dena and Jenna are honored to be a part of the ICON family!

Carrie Locklyn

Carrie's style of choreography is a fusion of street, jazz, and contemporary. She has over 10 years of experience teaching many master classes, conventions, and workshops stateside and internationally. She currently teaches locally in the Los Angeles area and travels to teach and choreograph for various dance organizations.

Recently, Carrieʼs acting career has blossomed. Appearing as one of the leads in the comedy pilot, "As Advertised" and on the ABC Family series “GREEK”. Currently, she performs at the prestigious IO Improv Comedy School in Hollywood with her improv group “Mr. Knack” and can be seen on national television in the new Sears campaign. She was featured on the ESPY's with Justin Timberlake as well as the Emmyʼs choreographed by Napoleon and Tabitha. Carrie has also teamed up with her agent

Bloc Talent Agency to mentor newly signed selected clients.

Her resume also includes Saturday Night Live, Dick Clarkʼs New Years Eve Special, Mariah Careyʼs Emancipation of MiMi tour, MTV Music Award performances with James Brown; national commercials: Advil, Joe Boxer, Kmart, Ford, KFC, Sears.

Sky Hoffman

Sky has taught his styles of "street" inspired dance choreography for the past twelve years. Besides teaching for such well-known Los Angeles dance schools as the Edge, Millenium and Debbie Reynolds as well as many other stateside schools, he occasionally teaches internationally for such countries as Canada, England, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Estonia, Switzerland, Portugal, Germany, and Australia. Sky has more recently choreographed and coached Japanese artist, Jin Akanishi, for his first stateside concerts; choreographed and supervised season 4 of "America's Best Dance Crew" and was featured in Richmond and Tone Talauega's (Madonna, Usher, Missy) directorial debut of "Galactic Space Bar" --Jamie Jones feat. Egyptian Lover.

Since moving to Los Angeles in 1998, Sky has performed and choreographed for multiple tours, commercials, videos, movies, stage performances and televised award shows. Mostly known for being one of Justin Timberlake's main dancers, some other highlights include: Aaliyah ("We Need a Resolution" video), Pink ("Get This Party Started" video), Tyrese ("Blue Streak/Criminal Mind" video), Aerosmith ("Pink" live perf), Britney Spears ("Pepsi"), Beyonce ("Dreamgirls" feature); Michael Jackson ("American Bandstand", "A Night at the Apollo" live perf) and Janet Jackson ("Doesn't Really Matter VMA perf").

Gregg Russell

This Emmy nominated choreographer has worked with such stars as Kenny Ortega, Michael Jackson, Bette Midler, Gene Kelly, and The Nicholas Brothers.  He directed a commercial for Carvel Ice Cream and performed with numerous music artists including Reba McEntire, Jason Mraz, and the B-52's. Gregg currently travels with Co. Dance Conventions, directs his own tap company titled “Tap Sounds Underground”, and owns the corporation 3D Dance Network, Inc.

Karla Garcia

Karla Garcia was part of the top 7 female dancers in Season Five of Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance." From learning traditional Philippine folk dances, she went on to dance for the National Tour of "Wicked", the Broadway show "Hot Feet", and the VH1 Divas Live show behind Jordin Sparks. She has a BFA in dance and a minor in Journalism from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She is also a member of the Boogie Bots Crew (from Randy Jackson's America's Best Dance Crew, Season 2). She has been featured in works by Mia Michaels, Dwight Rhoden, Stacey Tookey, Kyle Abraham, Bridgette Moore, Ray Leeper, Marguerite Derricks, and Nappytabs.

This summer, Karla recently finished an Australian tour with Rasta Thomas' Bad Boys of Dance company in the show "Rock the Ballet." Other credits include performing in Carnivale Choreographer's Ball, a series of Lucille Roberts Fitness commercials, Debbie Allen's "Brothers of the Knight," Ray Leeper's "Common Grounds," and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Now residing in Brooklyn, New York, she teaches and choreographs at select studios all over the east coast. Karla is on faculty with Dance Educators of America, Dancer's Inc, and Intrigue Dance. She constantly strives for creative growth, as she combines influences from her technical background with different textures of contemporary, jazz, and hip hop. Her award-winning choreography has been seen in many competitions and most recently at the Joyce Theater in NY. She believes that dance is an evolving art, with room for new ideas, bold innovation and a myriad of cultural influences. Karla is currently represented by Clear Talent Group.  

Jabbawockeez

JabbaWockeeZ is an all-male modern dance/hip hop crew from San Diego who won the first season of the reality dance competition America's Best Dance Crew. Since winning, the group has gained greater exposure by appearing in various music videos and commercials, touring internationally, and performing with Shaquille O' Neal at the 2009 NBA All-Star Game. They are known for wearing plain white masks and gloves in order to encourage audiences to focus on their movements as a group instead of on individual dancers. Their name is derived from the Lewis Carroll poem "Jabberwocky" about the eponymous mythical dragon. The mask and glove motif was adopted as a tribute to the 1970s San Francisco strutting crew Medea Sirkas.

The JabbaWockeeZ received an incredible amount of exposure and success from winning the first season of America's Best Dance Crew in 2008. Their win earned the crew $100,000 (USD) . JabbaWockeeZ' final performance on the show was to Kanye West's "Stronger", which marked their first public unmasked performance. The Jabbawockeez are good friends of ICON and return frequently for workshops and events.

Sheryl Murakami

Sheryl Murakami has been dancing and performing since the age of five. She is a Los Angeles native who has trained extensively in ballet with the Long Beach Ballet Company while also studying tap, jazz and later branching out into Hip-Hop and salsa. Sheryl currently resides in NYC. You may have seen her featured in numerous television shows, national commercials, and music videos. Her television credits include MTV, VMA's, VHI Fashon Rocks, Latin Grammy's, NBA All Stars, Los Angeles Raiderette and Rams Cheerleader, As the World Turns and Saturday Night Live, as well as commercials and industrials for Nexxus, Oxygen Network, Viacom, Footlocker, Bally's Fitness, and Chivas Regal. She was also a guest teacher for several shows such as Bravo’s "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy."

She has worked with various artists such as Beyonce, Avril Lavigne, Lady Gaga, Nelley, Pharelle, Nelly Furtado, Diddy, Wisin Y Yandel, Thalia and Placido Domingo to name a few.

One of New York's most respected choreographers, Miss Murakami has choreographed for Beyonce's "I Am Sasha Fierce" tour including her video for "EGO." Sheryl has created her own unique style of dance. Her strong athletic technique fuses jazz-funk, rock, alternative, musical theater, Latin, and pop. Sheryl's signature style captures the strength of feminine sexuality. Her expertise in all forms of dance have enabled her to guest teach and choreograph nationally and internationally. Her passion, love and commitment for dance has brought her to higher levels and will continue to expand her career as a gifted and most talented choreographer.

Kenny Wormald

Kenny Wormald (born July 27, 1984) is an American professional dancer. He is best known for his appearances on the MTV network show Dancelife, and his starring role in "Center Stage: Turn It Up". Wormald began dancing at the age of 6 after his mom saw him dancing to a New Kids On The Block video. At eleven he won the Master Dance of New England, at thirteen Junior Mr. Dance of New England, Teen Dancer of Boston at fourteen, and Teen Mr. Dance of New England at fifteen.

Wormald has been featured as a dancer in music videos with Madonna, Mariah Carey's "It's Like That", JoJo's "Baby It's You", Christina Aguilera's "Candyman", Chris Brown's "Gimme That", Nelly Furtado's "Promiscuous Girl", and Prince And Pussycat Dolls Bottle pop. He has also toured with Justin Timberlake.

Wormald was featured on an episode of The Drew Carey Show entitled "Family Affair" in 2002. On November 1, 2008 the Oxygen cable network debuted Center Stage: Turn It Up in which Wormald played lead character Tommy Anderson. He is currently dancing in the Doll Domination Tour with The Pussycat Dolls. In 2009, he danced in VMA's Michael Jackson Tribute together with Janet Jackson and others.

On June 22, 2010, Paramount Pictures announced that Wormald was cast in the lead role of Ren McCormack in the musical adaptation remake of Footloose, after both Zac Efron and Chace Crawford departed the role. Kenny Ortega was to direct but also left, and will now be directed by Craig Brewer. Release date is set for Spring 2011.

Alyson Stoner

Alyson Stoner was born in Toledo, OH on August 11, 1993. Besides starting pre-school at Maumee Valley Country Day School at age 3, her “career” in dance also started at age 3 at the O’Connell Dance Studios in Toledo where she was trained in tap, jazz and ballet. At age 6, she and older sister, Correy, decided to take modeling and began classes at the former Margaret O’Brien Modeling Studio in Toledo. It was there that the future opportunities of an acting career became apparent. Ms. O’Brien took Alyson to the International Modeling and Talent Association’s New York Convention where she competed in many talent competitions. She took home honors in seven categories including First Place for a Comedic role, Second Place in Dance (as a 6 year old in the 8 to 12 year old category!) and First Runner Up, Actress of the Year.

For the first few years in L.A., Alyson trained for the more popular Hip Hop style of dance with well-known choreographers Wade Robson, Fatima, Hi Hat, Dave Scott, Shane Sparks and Dante to name a few. It then came as no surprise when she auditioned and was cast to dance in the Missy Elliott “Work It” video which won top honors for Missy Elliott at the Video Music Awards. She went on to perform in two other Missy videos: “Gossip Folks” and “I’m Really Hot”. Missy continued casting Alyson as a dancer in various performances both live and taped, including the Jay Leno Show, American Music Awards, MTV’s Fashionably Loud Spring Break Concert in Miami and at Seattle’s Radio Concert. Her video career didn’t end there as she was called out by Eminem to dance in one of his videos and she was booked to dance at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards with both OutKast and Will Smith.

Alyson has filmed many TV shows as a guest star but has also booked six ABC/NBC or Disney pilots as the lead or in a leading role in her short career. She has appeared on such talk shows as The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Maury Povich’s World’s Most Talent Kids segment, The Sharon Osbourne Talented Kids segment as well as performed live for TV at the American Music Awards, The Kids’ Choice Awards and the NAACP Image Awards.

Alyson is a very focused home-schooled student and she “dabbles” around on a few musical instruments, loves to cook and attend sporting events when the time allows.

Tre Holloway

Tre Holloway started his professional dance career as a cast member in "Tap Kids". From there he attended Seton Hall University on a full academic scholarship, where he was cast in "Monsters of Hip Hop - The Show".

Tre has worked on many projects with artists such as Ashanti, Ryan Leslie, Jordan Knight, John Legend, and Leona Lewis. Tre just finished the Cheetah Girl's O"ne World" Tour, as well as the 81st annual Oscars. Other credits include, America's Got Talent, Sara Lee Commercial with Corbin Bleu, ALMA Awards, Charles Schwabb and Home Depot. Tre has taught hip hop and tap all over the country and is eager to share his knowledge with young dancers.

Nick Gonzalez

Nick Gonzalez teaches classes across the nation and produces award winning choreography. Nick also has produced his very own instructional Hip hop DVD. Nick has shared his choreography with countries such as, Tokyo, Canada, Korea, and London and is now bringing his exclusive hip-hop combo’s to you-at ICON Dance Complex. Nick knows you find the heart of dance within each routine. Loving what your doing and feeling it in your soul.  Nick’s new CD “Life is Beautiful”, is n eclectic selection of today’s top songs, mixed by Nick himself. This CD portrays a further aspect of Nick’s artistry and will entertain and inspire each listener. Don’t miss him as he makes appearances at ICON Dance Complex very often throughout the year.

Cris Judd

Cris Judd is a wide-ranging talent. He’s a dancer, choreographer, musician, songwriter, and actor. One of his songs is featured on the Enough soundtrack. He hosted the WE Network show Dirty Dancing, and he completed the much-anticipated pilot, Bust A Move, for MTVNE. Cris also worked on an independent film, Be My Baby. Winning the show I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here proved he's not only a unique actor, but one with a growing number of fans. TV credits: Nickelodeon's Unfabulous and UPN's Half and Half and Eve. His Dance Like We Do instructional DVD was released nationwide.

Off-Broadway credits include: Dracula, Walt Disney World and Disney's Pleasure Island. His skills were brought to the attention of MTV and Michael Jackson and he appeared at the 1995 MTV Video Awards and on Michael Jackson's Dangerous and History world tours. Cris has worked with such celebrities as Cher, Celine Dion, *NSYNC, Paulina Rubio and Brian McKnight.

Other credits: Jordan Knight, Jennifer Lopez Ain't It Funny and I'm Real, MTV Video Awards and her network TV concert special, Perry Farrell on Jane's Addiction's 2001 Festival dates, and the hit film Bringing Down the House, starring Steve Martin and Queen Latifah.

Cris now lives and works in LA, a place he believes provides him the inspiration needed for his choreography, music, songwriting, acting and performances.

Kelly Peters: The Master of Musicality

“God gave me a gift, to HEAR Music and to SEE Movement.” Camera crews, fashion designers and dancers are raving about the masterful art of this hip hop icon. With a résumé that spans from The Fugees to Carly Simon, from FOX to ESPN II, Kelly Peters IS choreographic history in the making.

One of the dance world’s BEST kept secrets: With over 22 years of Hip-Hop experience, Kelly Peters is THE experienced choreographer, master teacher and NYC-based professional igniting the fire within performance groups and recording artists nationwide. Learn everything from locking to popping, breaking to graffiti, fashion to form.

Hiring an Entrepreneur has its benefits: Having launched the FIRST Hip-Hop dance academy in New England, Kelly is amping up his clients’ performances from coast to coast—literally—with dancers from all over the world purchasing his MAKE IT HAPPEN Hip-Hop DVD. Kelly is also active within the NYC community, particularly with the Adolescent Youth Center at Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he resides as the Director of a Hip-Hop dance company with teens ages 15-18.

Recording Artists’ Explode Under Kelly’s Instruction. Kelly Peters hits the stage with R & B group, Ahmir, Hip-Hop group C Note, Naughty By Nature, FOX’s Good Day NY, Carnival NY and LA and more. Take advantage of his versatile, dynamic career from film and TV to International and Domestic performance groups.

TRL and ESPN II. TRL guests were in for a treat this year as Kelly Peters hosted one of MTV’s most popular shows. Kelly choreographed and taught a dance to prom goers and TV viewers called, “The Obama.” Kelly was also an exclusive guest host on ESPN II, Fall 2007, where he critiqued end zone celebrations. From Chad Johnson to Tyrell Owens, Kelly brought his talents to the field, chatting it up with NFL All-Stars and cheerleaders regarding football dances and choreography.

Marty Dew

Marty was born in Conway, SC. As a kid, my mother put me in all sorts of sports and hobbies. Needless to say, the one day came when she asked him to take a dance class. Not knowing that it  would one day become his outlet for expression, passion, and at the age of 16, his career. He started at the age of 10 studying all forms of dance (jazz, tap, ballet, modern). At the age of 15, his dance teacher wanted him to audition for a live theatre show soley for experience and to prepare him for when he stepped into the "real world" of dance. This audition would change the course of his life, one day forcing him to choose dance over baseball (his first love). They offered Marty a job on the spot, and after talking it over with his parents, he decided to take the offer. A year later he moved to Tennessee to begin working. For two years, he did the show working, gaining experience on the stage, home-schooling the 11th and 12th grade, and saving money for a "greater goal". Back when he was 14, he had flown out to LA to fulfill a scholarship at the Tremaine Dance Studio for a month. It was that month in LA where his dreams were born. Even though he was young, he knew he wanted to work hard, save money, and eventually move there when he was ready.

After Tennessee, he took a job on a cruise ship... the Celebrity Mercury. For him, this job was great. He was 18 with his eyes wide open to the world. He got to dance, travel the world, and get paid for it all at the same time... still with his "greater goal" in mind. After 9 months on the ship, he returned home to SC to be back with his family. Two months later, his parents and himself mutually decided this was the time to go. So with his clothes in the back seat, his best friend next to him, and dreams waiting... he drove cross-country to Los Angeles. He had wind in his sails and nothing could stop him.

Marty’s lived in LA for a few years now, and feels very fortunate to even say that. He’s learned that this is one of the hardest professions to call your own. He’s done commercials, movies, tours, music videos, live shows, and even some acting in the process. To Marty, nothing is better than performing in front of a live audience. Some people make it... a lot of people don't. In his mind, he would never know unless he tried. Music is very essential in our world. It creates so many things from emotions and stories to just making you want to bop your head up and down. It is universally understood and he’s glad to be a part of it.

In the past couple of years, he’s found an outlet that is both helpful, entertaining, and inspirational. That outlet is teaching. He grew up taking classes on conventions and now has crossed over to the other side of the microphone. Just as he’s been inspired, he strives to do the same. Teaching allows him to pass the knowledge he learned, and expand on that knowledge. He also learns from his peers. It's not about who does the step the best, but who makes you believe them. A mentor of his by the name of Tommy Walsh, once said "if you make a mistake, do it with conviction". Marty thinks we can apply that with anything we do. Conviction is what makes us believe, and ultimately, what personifies us.

Believe in yourself and others will follow.

-md

The Beat Freaks

The most basic description of the Beat Freaks would not do justice to what they stand for. They are more than just an all-female, all-styles dream team dance crew. They are inspirations and role models. With their intricate choreography, they mesmerize audiences, but it’s also the message behind their dance that leaves people wanting more. Their Freak the Dream mantra has inspired legions of fans to set out and turn their own dreams into reality. It is no question that each woman in the crew is a talented performer, as they’ve each worked with a number of A-List entertainers. But what makes the Beat Freaks unique is their ability to work together seamlessly while combining several very different styles and personalities. Their passion is to perform, their aim is to inspire, and their goal is to Freak the Dream.

Fanny As a dance crew, Fanny Pak got its name because all of its four-girl and three-guy members were born in the 80s, an era which they described as "an unapologetic, take-chances, and take-risks era," something that they also embody as a performing group. The Los Angeles, California-based group sports colorful costumes reminiscent of the fashion explosion that is the 80s.

Fanny Pak

Fanny Pak is one of the dance crews competing in Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew, featuring street dance crews in the country. Hosted by Mario Lopez, America's Best Dance Crew is produced by American Idol judge and record producer Randy Jackson. The show boasts of a panel of topnotch judges, including hip-hop choreographer and street dance authority Shane Sparks, superstar MC Lil Mama, and singer, song-writer, and record producer, JC Chasez of the disbanded boy group NSYNC.

Before they began their live casting performance, a Fanny Pak member said she was dedicating the performances it to her dead grandmother, the first person she called when they made it. The routine was vintage 90s, with very crisp movements to trance and electro-music. The retro-team, according to the judges came to America's Best Dance Crew to change the game as they are totally different. Moreover, they didn't follow the trend and are very detail-oriented.