Our primary goal at Planet Dance is to give our students access to top talent through classes, workshops as well as industry connections. All of our resident and guest teachers have worked, and continue to work, professionally in the industry with some of the top names in the business. And this doesn't mean teaching at your corner studio for 10 years.
Our resident staff is composed of real industry professionals. All of our core teachers have worked, and continue to work, professionally in the industry.
Broadway Productions of CATS, Footloose & Jesus Christ Superstar, Peter Frampton, Cincinnati Ballet, NY Knicks , Radio City Music Hall, Broadway Dance Center, Guiding Light, Exhale Dance Tribe
New York City Ballet Company member, trained at The Rock and School of American Ballet
Original PD Team Director, Exhale Dance Tribe, Sonya Tayeh, Over the Rhine, Bootsy Collins. Cincy Shakes
America's Got Talent, Dancing with the Stars, Melody Thornton (Pussycat Dolls), Beyonce, Lil' Wayne, Edge PAC, Exhale Dance Tribe
The Apprentice, Good Morning America, NFL Ben-Gals Choreographer, ESPN, CBS Sports, Exhale Dance Tribe (Dancer/Choreographer), Dance Captain Rutger’s Nationally acclaimed Dance Team
Resident Choreographer Exhale Dance Tribe, Competition Judge Nexstar & Showcase America, Over the Rhine
Missy Elliott, Radio CIty Music Hall, Choreographer for movies Carol & Miles Ahead, Founder Lachey Arts
Owned Bonnie Williams Dance Studio for 48 years, Cincinnati Summer Opera Ballet, Encore Talent Productions
BA Fine Arts & Dance Captain UMKC, Kennedy Center Washington D.C., Showcase of America, Exhale Dance Tribe
Our studio is always bringing in highly regarded guest teachers and choreographers to work with our students. We feel this is critical to expose our students to the best talent in the industry. Below is just a sample of the artists that we've brought to our students.
Assistant Choreogapher Broadway's 'WICKED', Original Broadway cast of 'FOOTLOOSE', 'WICKED' & '9 TO 5'
Broadway Choreographer of Hamilton & CATS, 2X Tony Award Winner for Best Choreography
Warner Brothers, Sony BMG, Atlantic Records, Matchbox Twenty, Broadway Dance Center, Alvin Ailey
Worked with several artists including Gwen Stefani, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Meghan Trainer, Chris Brown, Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj and more. Currently on tour with FERGIE
TV Credits including Billboard Music Awards, American Music Awards, Grammy Awards, American Idol, SYTYCD, Dancing with the Stars
Dancer for Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bieber, Christina Aguilera and Nelly Furtado
Recipient of The Princess Grace Award. Detroit’s Renaissance Hero 2008.
Principal dancer /Joffrey Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and Ron De Jesus Dance. Creative team/Twyla Tharp’s Tony-award winning show Movin’ Out. Staged national touring cast of Movin' Out.
Ballet Master/Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Faculty at Wayne State University, Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance, Program Director/Complexions Detroit Summer Intensive.
- Currently on tour with Janet Jackson!
- 3X Janet Jackson World Tours
- Worked with artists including Trey Songz, Neyo, Jennifer Lopez, Ludacris, NKOTB and more
- Cincinnati Ballet, Senior Soloist
- Trained at Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico
- Virginia School of the Arts
- Assistant Dance Captain, Broadway cast of Phantom of the Opera
- Taught ballet internationally for over 10 years
- Performance credits including Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Queen of the Night, Peridance Contemporary Ensemble, Broadway Dance Lab and more
Anti-Gravity (NYC), Broadway shows: Saturday Night Fever and Contact, Olympic Gymnast, New York Knick City Dancer
- Jungian Analyst and Astrologer, with Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology (NYU) and Developmental Psychology (Pace University)
- Creator of Jungian Authentic Movement workshops taught globally
- Resident astrologer for Elle Magazine for over 10 years
- Co-Authored several books including Speculation Now, Transpersonal Astrology, Explorations at the Frontier and Surviving Saturn’s Return (McGrawHill)
- Private practice in NYC & San Francisco, with over 18 years experience consulting, writing and teaching
- Over 20 years performing and teaching theater, dance, movement and acting
- Teaching credits including Ontario Ballet School, Wright State University, New Zealand Drama School, Guthrie Theatre, CCM Theater department and more
- Currently on faculty at Xavier and NKU Dance & Theater departments
- Certified Yoga & Pilates teacher, with extensive training in Laban Movement Analysis
- BA in Dance from Western Michigan University
- Established dancer and model with credits including ABC’s Bunheads, LA Music Awards, Mercedes Benz LA Fashion Week
- Assistant Choreographer ESPN bowl game half time shows
- Casting and Choreography for Busch Gardens
- 98 Degrees pop group
- TV credits including Dancing with the Stars, ABC’s Dance War, The Miss USA Pageant, HGTV
- Broadway Productions of Rent, Monty Python’s Spamalot and Hairspray
- Radio City Music Hall Rockettes
- Choreography credits including 98 Degrees, Missy Elliot, MTV, VHI NFL, NBA, Carol the movie and more
- Co-Director of School for Creative and Performing Arts Musical Theater Program
- Co-Owner Lachey Arts
Worked with major artists including Lady Gaga, Jordan Sparks, Will I AM, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, Hillary Duff, Stevie Wonder, Gwen Stefani, Smokey Robinson and more.
Featured dancer on several TV shows including GLEE, How I Met Your Mother, Jimmy Kimmel, The Ellen Show and Jay Leno.
We're incredibly proud of our students and the successes they've had after leaving Planet Dance.
Joffrey Ballet, Armitage Gone Dance, Metropolitan Opera, Gallim Dance, The Dash Ensemble, The Peridance Ensemble
Marymount Manhattan graduate, Asst to Andy Blankenbuehler, Dirty Dancing the movie (May 2017), Exhale Dance Tribe (Senior soloist), Assistant for NYCDA
Exhale Dance Tribe (Senior soloist), Cirque Du Soleil Bug Squad, Asia Duo Dance Company, Capezio 125 Year Gala at New York City Center, BFA NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Amirov Dance Theatre, Dancer, Over The Rhine (Emery Theater).
America's Got Talent, Dancing with the Stars, Melody Thornton (Pussycat Dolls), Beyonce, Lil' Wayne, Edge PAC, Exhale Dance Tribe
Flordia State University, Exhale Dance Tribe (Senior soloist), Seminole Dance Florida (Dance Team), SCPA Alum
Northern Kentucky University Alum, Exhale Dance Tribe, Mather Dance Company and Icon Dance Awards
