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Karen Callaway Williams, an original member of the New Jersey Tap Ensemble and it's first Dance Captain, is currently featured on the cover of Flow Magazine Summer Issue. She can be seen in the current documentary Been Rich All My Life (The Story of the Silver Belles). Broadway credits include Tony Award Nominated Duke Ellington musical PlayOn and the International Phenomenon Riverdance-On Broadway of which she was the first African American female tap dancer and dance captain. A special quest artist on Sesame Street she was also interviewed in Bojangles the Legacy for Showtime. Karen tours nationally and internationally with Tap City in Tour and Tap Tel Aviv. Other credits include Essence Magazine, Dance Magazine, and performances at the Cotton Club and the Apollo. She has been a quest tap soloist for several orchestras including The Duke Ellington Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony and the Cincinnati Pops Look for the upcoming release of her first children's book "Gabriella's Tap Shoes". Todd Shanks is an energetic teacher and choreographer who brings challenging style and excitement to the classroom. Todd has performed in industrials and commercials for Volvo, Ford Motors, Paramount Pictures, Pilsen Beer, the United Way, the Lyme Disease Foundation and Race for the Cure. He has been a guest performer with Synthesis Dance Project and the Westchester Philharmonic, as well as performing in SDCF Dance Break, Steps on Broadway Faculty Concerts, the 2006 Miss Florida Pageant and Off-Broadway workshops of Halftime and On the Edge. He currently performs with Jette Performance Company, under the direction of Jay. T. Jenkins. Todd has taught for the University of Florida, Dance Masters of America, Dance New Amsterdam, Florida Dance Masters and many private dance studios throughout the United States. He currently teaches at Steps on Broadway, Princeton Dance and Theater Studio and on tour with Manhattan Dance Project. He recently choreographed the music video "Unstoppable" for performing group CityKids. Todd is the choreographer for the Cancer Dancers, a group of young people who are in treatment or have been in treatment for cancer. They were recently seen on ABC's "The View", NY1 and at the 2007 US Open. Michael Kubala and dance are synonymous! Being a performer, choreographer and teacher for over 30 years, Michael loves sharing his knowledge of dance having worked with and assisted some of the best choreographer/directors in the world. Broadway credits include Chicago, Crazy for You, Jerome Robbins Broadway, Pippin, Dancin, On Your Toes. Lisa Botalico (Dance, Choreographer) toured throughout the USA as Artistic Director and Principal dancer of La Compania Folklorica Latina under the auspices of the National Theatre of the Performing Arts; performing in such theatres as Town Hall (NYC), Constitution Hall (DC), Society o f the Four Arts (Palm Beach), Chicago Theatre, and the Masonic Temple (L.A.). She has shared the stage with many flamenco greats including Maria Alba, Jose Molina, Manolo Rivera, Orlando Romero, Victorio and Carmen Salao. Lisa performed in collaboration with the great Middle Eastern Dancer, Elena in Flamenco Moro. Currently Lisa is principal dancer and co-artistic director of the Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre with whom she has received critical acclaim throughout the tri-state area, including performances at the George Street Playhouse, Crossroads Theatre, Union County Arts Center, Community Theatre of Morristown, Keane University, Passage Theatre, and the Ocean County Arts Center to name a few. She has appeared many times on NJN's Images/Imagines. Lisa recently conceived and directed Sueno de Una Nina, a Spanish Dance Ballet based on the Nutcracker Ballet. Her upcoming performances include The Feast of Sarah at the George Street Playhouse in May and The Sephardic Connection (The Story of the Spanish Jews) at the new performing arts center at Princeton High School. Lisa dances regularly at the tablao at Spain Inn II in Clinton. Judy Yeh, B.A. with a music major from National Taiwan Normal Univ., M.A. (piano pedagogy) and M.Ed. (music education) from Teachers College, Columbia Univ. NYC. Judy has been a piano teacher for twenty years, having played piano and organ in different churches for over twenty five years, and an accompanist for PDT Studio for two years.
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