Dani Vernon

Dani Vernon is a professional choreographer and educator based in Maryland. She is Director of the competition team at District Dance. Dani began dancing when she was three years old in central New Jersey. She is trained in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, hip hop and Broadway. She started dancing competitively at age nine. Dani attended [...]

Samantha Bright

Samantha Bright spent most of her young life in competitive gymnastics in Northern California. When her family moved back to her home state of Vermont, she became interested in hip-hop dancing. At age 12, she began taking dance classes in Williston, VT and discovered her passion for dance. She was a member of the Varsity dance [...]

Sakina Ibrahim

Sakina Ibrahim is a performer, teaching artist, and coach based in Los Angeles. She has a Bachelors in Fine Arts from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia where she earned "Dance Outreach" and "Excellence in Performance" awards. Sakina also received scholarships to the Bates Dance Festival, University of Illinois, and The Martha Graham School [...]

Michaela McGowan

Michaela McGowan is a professional dancer, choreographer and educator based in New York City. She has has a BFA with honors from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, class of 2012. Michaela began her dance training at the age of five in Northern Virginia.  She was an apprentice with Loudoun Ballet Company under [...]

McKinley Pierce

McKinley Pierce is from Williston, VT where she works as a dance/fitness instructor and personal trainer. She also trains for the popular TV show, American Ninja Warrior, and is a Business Owner/Distributor for Qivana. McKinley has taught hip hop dance with American Dance Training Camps since 2014 at our Stratton, VT; Squaw Valley, CA; Sparks Glencoe, MD; and [...]