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2025 staff 

Teaching Staff 
Leveled Workshops:
Ben Morris and Victoria Henk
Gary McIntyre and Susan Kirklin
Thibault and Nicole Ramirez
Markus Smith and Tren Veal
Ben and Cameo McHenry
KP Rutland and Bryn Anderson
Joel Torgeson and Chantelle Pianetta
Emily Huang
Matt Auclair
Demetre Souliotes
Tara Trafzer
Arjay Centeno and Malia Jameson

John Kirkconnell and Lisa Picard
Leo Lorenzo and Maria Bileychik 
and more to come! 


MCs: Sheven Kekoolani, Deon Harrell, Tara Trafzer and Joel Torgeson

DJ Staff: 

Ruby Lair - Head DJ
Aidan Keith-Hynes
Chris Singley
Liz Ravdin
Koichi Tsunoda

Jula Palenga
Khayree Jones
Forrest Hanson
Helen Tocco


Judging Staff:
Estelle Bonnaire - Head Judge
Debbie Figueroa - Secondary Head Judge
Demery Leyva
Kris Swearingen 
Jerome Subey
Lara Deni
Kay Newhouse
Nicole Zwerlein
Mia Primavera
Beata Howe
David Appel

Eric Byers


Scoring
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Alex Brand - Scorer


Contest Coordinator

Haley Hauglum

College Workshops:
Elizabeth Spann
Joel and Amanda Gorman


All-Star Intermediate Mentorship Program
Lisa Picard
Keerigan Rudd


Event Staff

Videography Team
Demetre Souliotes
Jerome Subey
Harold Baker 


Photography Team
Dan Sweet

Tien Khieu
Miquel Menéndez 

Philip Piersol

Social Media Team
Casey Margules
Rachel Lai 


Registration Coordinator
Kamela Carter

Work-Dance exchange (Volunteer) Coordinators 
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Jen Ferreira
Amanda Vasquez


Merchandise Coordinator
Paige Sandness

Hospitality Coordinators
Rachel Martino - Lead
Isabella Denise Espinosa 
Betty Garlington


Event Directors: Tracy Wang, Jay Tsai and CJ Caraway

 

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