Courtney Ortiz is a professional dancer, educator, choreographer, adjudicator and proud YoungARTS award winner based in New York City. Her professional dance and teaching career has allowed her to travel the world performing in places such as: Dubai, Brazil, England, Poland, Canada, Mexico, Spain, Germany, Australia, and France. Her career spans from stage to screen with credits including: the Broadway National Tour of Finding Neverland, Lin Manuel Miranda’s In The Heights, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular featuring The Rockettes, and the first ever revival in 30 years of Jerome Robbins’ Broadway performed at The Muny and Theater Under the Stars! You can also catch Courtney’s feet tap dancing in the hit FX series, “Fosse/Verdon”, where she was the dance double for Young Bob Fosse! One of her favorite and most memorable credits was performing original Jerome Robbins’ choreography throughout Europe on the International Tour of the classic musical West Side Story. Throughout her time in the professional dance industry she has worked with and learned from legendary choreographers like Cynthia Onrubia, Chase Brock, Christopher Gattelli, Michael Balderrama, Joey McKneely, Lorin Latarro, Jon Rua, Susan Misner, Parker Esse, Chris Bailey, Luis Salgado, Josh Bergasse and many more. Outside of performing, Courtney is an international dance educator and in-demand dance adjudicator. She has been teaching on numerous dance conventions for the last decade and recently was invited to teach at the 16th Annual Congresso de Jazz Dance held in São Paulo, Brazil. She currently serves as the Audition Choreographer with RWS Global where she travels the world auditioning dancers for future opportunities on cruise ships and is on guest faculty with Steps on Broadway in New York City. She is also the proud owner of Impact Dance Adjudicators and the host of their popular dance podcast Making The Impact – A Dance Competition Podcast.

As a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and director, David Lee is driven to enrich the lives of everyone he serves through quality dance education, guiding fellow artists through creative explorations, and spreading joy through movement. For 10 years, David served as the Artistic Director for Culture Shock LA, a non-profit organization that uses Hip-Hop music and dance as a vehicle to enrich the underprivileged youth population in LA. David is also a resident instructor at Movement Lifestyle, OFFSTAGE by GRV, and STEEZY Studio. David is a graduate of UC Irvine with a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts. His career has evolved from dancing and teaching domestically and internationally to Artist Development thanks to his multi-disciplinary expertise – both on stage and behind the scenes. David also enjoys mixing music, taking photos, and eating noodles.

Choreography Credits include – Clippers Spirit, Meg Donnelly, Shokichi, iKon, sosupersam, Zak Waters, Gavin Haley, Dallas Cowboys Rhythm & Blue, Kid Clippers

As a professional ballet dancer, Morgan has performed with over 20 international companies spanning 6 countries. He grew up studying at Nan Klinger’s Excellence in Dance in Akron, Ohio then received his B.A. from Point Park University. He started his career with Texas Ballet Theater before relocating to NYC. He was a soloist with Connecticut Ballet for 8 seasons then joined East Coast Contemporary Ballet and Ballets With a Twist while simultaneously guesting as a principal dancer with Palmetto City Ballet and for multiple companies around the country. Morgan has also been fortunate to work with Lindy Mandradjieff and Deborah Wingert from the Balanchine Trust to perform over a dozen ballets. Notable credits include a principal role choreographed by Broadway legend Ann Reinking, opening for Cyndi Lauper’s annual show “Home For the Holidays,” performing Bob Fosse’s “Dancin’ Man, Rich Man’s Fruge” and “Sing, Sing, Sing” staged by Charlotte D’Amboise. Others include a feature in National Geographic, posing for Jordan Matter’s “Dancers After Dark” and performing alongside the original Broadway cast of The Wiz for “Broadway Sings for Pride.” He’s performed in several web series and short films that have won numerous awards including being nominated at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival and the first promotional dance film for New York City’s Office of Emergency Management. Annually, he tours North America as the Master Ballet Instructor for View Dance Challenge in Canada and the U.S. based Elevation on Tour. He also teaches for Dance Masters of America, judges for StarQuest International Dance Competition and the Long Island Dance Challenge. Currently, Morgan lives in New York City and is the Dance Program Manager at Success Academy Charter Schools where he runs a network of over 50 teachers across the five boroughs.

Kori Moore, a born and raised Texan, trained as a competitive dancer in the Dallas area. After much success in the dance competition world, she hopped onboard Royal Caribbean’s “Voyager of the Seas” where she danced professionally in full production shows and entertainment opportunities for guests. Once she was done cruising, Kori moved to the Austin area to pursue an education at Texas State University while also teaching and choreographing for multiple dance studios and school dance teams in the area. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies, she continued her passion for teaching dance and to this day thrives as a teacher and award-winning choreographer in Austin, TX. In addition to her love for teaching, Kori is also a dedicated adjudicator for studio and school dance team competitions across the nation. Kori is thrilled to continue her lifelong passion for dance and share her knowledge with each and every dancer that she has the opportunity to meet!

Joshua Manculich (BA, Point Park University; MFA, The Ohio State; M.Ed, Ohio University) – born in Windber, PA – started his dance training at the age of fourteen. In the summer of 2021, Joshua founded WhirlWind Dance, a professional contemporary dance company based in Columbus, OH. Throughout his career, Joshua has had the pleasure of performing with Thodos Dance Chicago, Chicago Repertory Ballet, Pursuit Productions, Jaxon Movement Arts, Jessica Miller Tomlinson, and The Pillow Project. Born and raised in a small coal-mining town in Appalachia, he is thankful for the numerous inspiring mentors and creative artists that entered his life and guided his pursuits as a dancer, choreographer, and human-being. Joshua’s choreographic work exists in conceptual frameworks; and his choreography has been toured internationally and presented nationally by emerging contemporary dance companies, ballet companies, and university dance organizations. In 2015, Joshua was nominated for a Princess Grace Choreography Fellowship by The Big Muddy Dance Company, for which he eventually created “Lyra,” through support of the Princess Grace Foundation. His choreographic adventures include, but are not limited to, longstanding relationships with organizations such as: Ballet Austin II, The Big Muddy Dance Company, Collage Dance Collective, DanceWorks Chicago, Eisenhower Dance, Houston Contemporary, and Santa Barbara Dance Theater. In addition to being a dance maker, teacher, and mover, Joshua is a licensed psychotherapist and is thrilled to be representing the inseparable link between art, artists, and mental health.