Audrey Case
Audrey is originally from Edmond, Ok. She started dancing at age 3 and in 2012, she auditioned for Fox's So You Think You Can Dance and became one of Season 9's top ten finalists. Following the season’s finale she traveled the country performing with The Top Ten Tour for SYTYCD. She now resides in Burbank, CA and is continuing her dance career doing several contemporary dance companies, most prominently known for Royal Flux (seen on NBC's World of Dance) and Shaping Sound. She has appeared on ABC’s “The Middle,” Disney’s 60th Anniversary and has also danced for artists such as Kacey Musgraves, Kelly Clarkson and Penatonix. Most recently, you may have seen Audrey on tour with Dancing with the Stars & World of Dance’s, Derek Hough.
Sasha Mallory
Sasha Mallory is an artist currently instructing for Mallory Academy of Dance. A performing arts school based in Bakersfield California, owned and operated by her family. Sasha began dancing at an early age, with the guidance of her mother who had a strong passion for the art form. She became a lover of many styles and techniques helping her become runner up of So You Think You Can Dance season 8. Sasha has shared stages with recording artist such as Adam Lambert, Rihanna, Pink, Kelly Clarkson, Dua Lipa, Missy Elliott, and Madonna while also making appearances in the TV broadcasts of GLEE and RENT LIVE. These experiences gave her the opportunity to work with countless established choreographers such as Sonya Tayeh, Rich & Tone, HiHat, Mandy Moore, Damien Jalet, and many others.
Sasha continues to expand her inspirations through creative movement, paintings and poems.
Jacque LeWarne
Jacque is most known for her time as a finalist on SYTYCD Season 11. Jacque trained under Serkan Usta and Lori Grooters at the School of Classical Ballet and Dance. Growing up and competing, she was a finalist in both ballet and contemporary at the Youth American Grand Prix and twice made it to the New York finals. At 17, she joined Ballet Des Moines performing soloist and principal roles with the company-- including Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. Her favorite role was starring in NBC’s Hairspray Live as one of the Nicest Kids in Town alongside Ariana Grande, Derek Hough, Jennifer Hudson and more. She was the co-choreographer of our past Extreme Team performances in Hershey, Orlando and New York City.
Carlos Jimenez
Carlos A. Jimenez is a fiery latino performer based in New York City and thrilled to be judging for Extreme Talent Showcase. Credits include - Broadway: West Side Story(Shark Swing, The Broadway Theatre), Regional: Escape to Margaritaville (Dance Captain, Ogunquit Playhouse). West Side Story, (Milwaukee Rep. Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre), In The Heights (Ensemble/Sonny U/S, Mason Street Warehouse). He has also traveled the world for over three years as a professional dancer for Holland America Cruise Lines. Carlos would like to encourage all young artists starting their journey in this business to never stop working and building their craft but to also prioritize nourishing and tending to their love for the performing arts. It is the love of it that helps him sustain his passion for dance in this brilliant and competitive industry.
Ash Olejnik
For the past nine years, Ash Olejnik has been mentoring and creating unique original works to inspire children and adult professionals to show their true artistic potentials. At a young age, Ash started to become interested in teaching and choreographing. By thirteen, Ash was competing her own choreographed solos and started working with groups of her own. After receiving multiple outstanding choreography and artistry awards at a competitive level, Ash then graduated from Lakeview High School with the TSPC dance scholarship and decided to pursue dance as a career. She attended Slippery Rock University where she received the “Outstanding Freshman Scholarship award”. At SRU she studied forms of modern dance, kinesiology, improvisation and dance history. Ash is the annual guest choreographer for musicals at Lakeview High. Currently, she is in partnership with the Cleveland Dance Project, working with the semiprofessionals and professionals in the choreographer showcase.
Rudy Wright
Rudy Wright started dancing professionally at the age of nine. Her credits include Radio Disney Dancers, Disney's Dream Team, 42nd Street Productions, Sparks Dancer for Pittsburgh Power Professional Football Team, back-up dancer for Lil' Jon, Chubby Checker, and Sarah Marince, she also performed in CLO's ``42nd Street``, Carrnival's ``In the Heights``, was a dancer/aerialist in Cedar Point Amusement Park's Luminosity and Peanut's Show, and danced on a national tour with the Hello Kitty SuperCute Friendship Festival. She received her BA in Dance from Point Park University and has shared her love of dance throughout the Pittsburgh area.
Katie Terza
Katie grew up dancing at Pittsburgh Ballet Theater and Pittsburgh Musical Theater. She has done 15 shows with Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera. She traveled around the US, Canada, and Japan with the 1st national tour of “West Side Story” where she played Fernanda and understudied Maria. She worked at several regional theaters before she filmed “Peter Pan Live!” on NBC, playing a mermaid and understudying Tiger Lily. Her Broadway debut was “On The Town”. She then moved on to “Aladdin” where she is currently in the ensemble and understudying Jasmine. In January and February she was at the Seattle 5th Avenue Theatre with a new musical, “Bliss”, that she also workshopped in NYC. She was most recently seen on ABC and Disney+ in the “Disney Family Sing-Along”.
Mark Burrell
Mark received his BFA from The Juilliard School. He is currently an Artist in Residence at Southern Methodist University and a former Assistant Professor at Point Park University. Mark served as Assistant Director/Associate Choreographer/Dance Captain/Swing of the National and International Touring companies of PIPPIN. Mark’s performance experience is extensive including engagements in the United States and internationally in Israel, Japan, Zambia, Peru, South Africa, and The Netherlands. Choreographer: Xanadu, PIPPIN. Other theatrical productions: First National Tour Fosse, Assistant Choreographer Radio City Music Hall for 11 years, The Producers, CATS, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Broadway for Hilary, and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Television credits: CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman and NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Industrials: Macy’s, Earnest Young, Ford Motor Company, Intel Computers, IBM, and Tupperware. He has also engaged in the classical and contemporary works WalkerDance as a principle dancer, Lar Lubovich, Paul Taylor, Jiri Kylian, Lila York, and Guest Artist with David Parker and The Bang Group.
Meghan Manning
Meghan is a professional dancer and model based in New York City. She is established on both coasts as a versatile dancer. Her work ranges from the Met Opera Ballet company (The Merry Widow, La Traviata) to the Brooklyn Nets NBA hip hop team, and many styles in between.
She may be best known for jazz, technical/athletic contemporary, or anything in heels. She has performed on the Oscars and the Grammys, and appeared in commercials and TV shows on CBS, Abc Family, HBO, Hulu, Netflix, E!, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, ESPN, and a few times square billboards.
Meghan has dance doubled and stunt doubled for top models and actresses. As a model herself, she has been featured by Harley Davidson, Aeropostale, Levis for Target, Michael Kors, DSW, and more. She also swims with the Aqualillies, the world’s most glamorous water ballet company.
Michael James
Michael James is a Point Park University Alumnus with his BFA in Musical Theater and Dance Minor. Michael is a member of Actors' Equity and has performed regionally around the country. Just to name a few of his favorite companies - Pittsburgh CLO, CLO Cabaret, Goodspeed Opera House, Maltz Jupiter Theater, La Mirada Performing Arts Center, and Sacramento Music Circus! Although Michael has been ``successful`` when it comes to work in the arts, he finds it incredibly important to remind his students that it's not what defines him. He loves to play tennis - a lot, is manifesting to be an intern for an interior design company in New York City, currently writing a tarot deck guidebook, and will still find time to sit on TikTok. No matter what the outcome is this weekend - don't let it define you. Let it only inspire you to continue the journey of self-discovery!
Mark Villaver
Originally from the beautiful island of Hawaii, Mark started as a break-dancer and began training in other styles of dance. His unique style and physicality has led him to performing with world-known artists, Ariana Grande and Ricky Martin, at various live broadcasted award shows such as the Video Music Awards, The Billboard Latin Music Awards, American Billboard Awards, The Grammy Awards, and The Brit Awards. Other televised performances include, America’s Got Talent, iHeart Radio, Good Morning America and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. One of the greatest milestones in his career was going on 3 world tours with the iconic pop-artist, Taylor Swift, on “The Red Tour”, “The 1989 Tour”, and “The Reputation Tour”. With his undeniable talent, he was recruited to be the newest member of Quest Crew, an Emmy award winning and two-time champion of America’s Best Dance Crew, and then was later chosen to be one of the top 10 dancers on the season 14 of FOX’s hit show, So You Think You Can Dance. Throughout his career he has worked for many known choreographers in the industry such as, Tyce Diorio, Jamie King, Tony Testa, Galen Hooks, Kione & Mari, Wade Robson, Christopher Scott, and Luther Brown.
Lindsey Bracco
Lindsey Bracco resides in Pittsburgh, PA after 14 years in New York as a professional dancer, actor, masterclass instructor and casting associate. Lindsey performed in numerous Musical Theater shows touring the US. Credits include; Mame, In The Heights, Damn Yankees, Wedding Singer, Man of LaMancha, Mary Poppins, Singin’ in the Rain, Footloose, Legally Blonde, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Curtains, The Producers, Beauty and the Beast, 42nd Street, White Christmas, Guys and Dolls, Joseph ... Dreamcoat, Hello, Dolly!, Seussical, Cabaret and Spamalot. In addition, she was a featured dancer in the FreeForm Original Movie Musical, ``Lovestruck, The Musical.`` Lindsey is a featured faculty member of THRIVE Dance Experience. She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity and graduated from Point Park University with BFA in Dance.
Sharrod Williams
Sharrod is performing artist, teacher, and choreographer based in New York City. He is a proud graduate of Montclair State University with a dual major in Dance and Communication Studies. His credits include Broadway: Tuck Everlasting, CATS (Pouncival), Hamilton: An American Musical (Chicago Cast). Off-Broadway: Grand Hotel (Encores!). Tours: A Chorus Line (Richie), Bring It On: The Musical (La Cienega). Regional: TUTS, MUNY, Asolo Rep, Surflight Theatre, and Park Playhouse. Dance Companies: The Chase Brock Experience, Doug Elkins and Friends, Life Dance Company, and the Von Howard Project. TV/Film: Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade, Good Morning America, NBC’s The Today Show, Happy, Yummy, Chicken (Damian Maloof). Sharrod has led master classes and choreographed for studios and esteemed organizations including the Joffrey Ballet School, The Institute of American Musical Theatre & The Grier School.
Sophie Silnicki
Sophie Sea Silnicki began her dance training with her mother, Stephanie Lopez at Movements in Dance in Fairmont, WV studying ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, and acrobatics and attending many dance conventions, winning national titles, scholarships, and high score awards. At the age of 11 and 12, Sophie danced the role of Clara with the national tour of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, touring Buffalo, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Seattle. She also trained at the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School and danced with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Company in productions of the Nutcracker, Coppelia, and the Holiday Pops with Marvin Hamlisch. Sophie danced on the David Koch Theatre at Lincoln Center stage in New York City for the final round of the Youth America Grand Prix international ballet competition and has traveled to Lausanne, Switzerland to compete in the Prix de Lausanne as one of only 5 American women competing in the International Ballet Competition. Sophie trained at San Francisco Ballet School Pre-professional division for two years and danced with the SF Ballet Company under the direction of Helgi Tomasson in productions of The Nutcracker, Romeo & Juliet, Giselle, Don Quixote, and Swan Lake.
Sophie has worked with Susan Stroman in development lab for the new musical, Marie, and danced the soloist role in the 2017 production of the Merry Widow at the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center. In 2019, Sophie performed in over 100 performances as a new Radio City Rockette in the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall.
Madeline Mihacevich
Madeline Mihacevich is a dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer from Cleveland, Ohio. She appeared with her sisters on Season 1 of NBC’s World of Dance, featuring her and her sisters' choreography. Following the airing of the show, The Mihacevich Sisters performed their original choreography at various World of Dance events, toured with the first ever International WOD Live Tour, and taught at the WOD DX convention. Since moving to LA in 2018, Madeline has danced with Jennifer Lopez in her music video “Medicine” and in her NBC’s New Years Eve performance in 2019, Derek Hough at the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting, Sofia Carson at WE Day in NYC, and Karol G at the Billboard Music Awards. She has also worked with Rudy Abreu’s “RAdiance” and with Tessandra Chavez’s ``Unity LA”. Other credits include the 2021 Latin AMAs, assistant choreographer for the “Kissing Booth 2” movie, AJ McLean’s “A Boy and a Man” music video, a commercial for Mario World at Universal Studios in Japan, and season 2 of “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series”. Madeline is also a part of TMilly TV’s faculty in Los Angeles.
Lindsay McGivern Peters
Lindsay McGivern Peters is a contemporary based artist from Allison Park, Pennsylvania. In 2017, Lindsay received a BFA in dance performance and choreography from Slippery Rock University. Post graduation, Lindsay performed professionally with The Staycee Pearl Dance Project in 2018 and 2021. In her time with the company she appeared in “Worx”, “Circles: going in”, and various events to include APAP, The Ecolution Fashion Show, and “Lights On” presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. Lindsay recently performed for Dick’s Sporting Goods Homecoming Fashion Show featuring Twitch & Allison Boss. In addition to her performance experience, Lindsay’s choreography has been showcased at the Koresh Dance Showcase Series in Philadelphia, Ascendance by MDC Pittsburgh, and Seton Hill University’s Dance Spring Spectrum. Her teaching credentials include Seton Hill University, Slippery Rock University, Millennium Dance Complex Pittsburgh/ Salt Lake City, Pearl Arts Studios. Lindsay currently teaches/ choreographs throughout Pittsburgh.
Corrie Wyse
Corrie has been a professional dancer, choreographer and educator for over ten years. Growing up in Pittsburgh, Pa and starting off at a competition studio, she trained extensively in all styles of dance. Once moving to LA, she took on her professional journey! Her latest accomplishments include being a cast member of “Encanto Live” on Disney+, traveling Latin America on tour with artist Lauren Jauregui, and shows with pop star Tinashe. You can also find her in music videos alongside artists Camila Cabello, French Montana, and Anderson Paak. On the big screen, Corrie has appeared on the Disney tv show “Girl Meets World” and the competition dance show NBC’s “World of Dance”. Corrie has had the honor of showcasing her choreography in music videos “In My Mind” by John Legend, “Goddess” by MJ Ultra, and “Don’t Let the Music Die” by Ashley Willis. She also took on stages around the US for artist Casey Baer’s “New Stage Tour” choreography. Corrie has been able to share her knowledge as an educator in Mexico City, China, and all over the U.S., including well-known studios Millennium Dance Complex, TMilly, and Movement Lifestyle. She is always looking forward to new experiences to share her knowledge with dancers, and is excited to share her passion for dance and the entertainment industry wherever she goes!
Jim Nowakowski
Jim began his formal ballet training at the Timothy M. Draper Center for Dance Education, Rochester. He joined the Rochester City Ballet as a company member in 2002. While attending the Youth American Grand Prix Competition, he has taken home the 2002 Junior Youth American Grand Prix Prize, the 2004 Junior Men’s Gold, and the 2007 Senior Men’s Gold Award. Mr. Nowakowski was a finalist at youngARTS Week and was presented with the Gold Award in Dance from Mikhail Baryshnikov. He was a Presidential Scholar of 2007 Nominee, as well as a Carnival Cruise Line youngARTS Winner in Dance. He is a former Demi-Soloist with Houston Ballet and competed on Fox’s ‘So You Think You Can Dance’, placing Top 3 Stage Dancers, Top 6 overall. Mr. Nowakowski has gotten the chance to dance in theater’s all throughout the United States, as well as Canada, the Ukraine, Paris, Italy, and Spain. Mr. Nowakowski was named one of ’25 To Watch’ for Dance Magazine in 2015. He is currently dancing with BalletMet in Columbus OH, under the direction of Edwaard Liang.