• Shuhan Xie

    FALL CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Shuhan was first introduced to the underground hip hop dance scene in 2014 at the age of 15 and began training in various street styles such as hip hop, popping, locking, breaking, waacking, street jazz, and urban dance in addition to having fundamentals in ballet and tap dance from previous years. While…

  • Charisse Anne

      THE DROP DIRECTOR Charisse Anne started dancing at the age of 13 years old in the styles of jazz and hip-hop, but has realized her love for waacking, voguing, and house since she transplanted to New York City from sunny San Diego, California in 2009. She has trained with multiple teams along the West Coast…

  • Valerie Chan

    FALL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Val Chan joined the New Jersey dance community in 2010 on Project D’s first training team, and continued to dance with the PD Fambam for 4 years. After moving to New Brunswick, NJ, Val joined ‘The Society’ where she refined hip-hop fundamentals and began building confidence in freestyle. Val took long hiatus…

  • Janice Tsai

    SPRING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Janice has danced in some form since she was young — with most of her formative training in ballet and traditional Chinese dance, later focusing on urban choreography. At Rutgers University, she danced and led Verse|One, an open-level urban dance team focused on promoting inclusivity and building community through dance. Later, she…

  • Marisa Aquino

    SPRING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Marisa began dancing at the tender age of 5 in Ballet class, which she eventually got bored with. Soon after she was introduced to Jazz Dance which was definitely more fun, but then at 12 years old discovered the love of her life, Hip-Hop Dance. Inspired by MC Hammer’s dancers at the…

  • Anika Fanlo

    FALL CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Anika (Anne-eh-kuh) traded swim practices for dance rehearsals her freshman year of high school soon after watching Kaba Modern’s legendary Vibes 8 set on youtube. Since then, she’s navigated her way through various NJ teams: Fr3sh Jrs, UFPx, UFP Company, and (after a 4-year hiatus because she’s crazy and attended pharmacy school…