Kelsey Carr (formerly Kelsey McCowan) is a renowned choreographer and tap dancer from Los Angeles, California. Alongside her husband, Caley Carr, she has choreographed for tv shows such as World of Dance, The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, Little Big Shots, The Wonderful World of Disney’s Christmas Spectacular, and Dancing With the Stars, which was nominated for an Emmy as contributing choreographers to Derek Hough. Kelsey has done Foley work for films such as “La La Land” and “Muppets Most Wanted.” She has also choreographed for Derek & Julianne Hough’s “Move Live Tour.” She has coached stars such as Derek Hough, Jeremy Piven, and Bette Midler for her Tony award winning performance of “Hello Dolly.” Her work has been published in “Dance Spirit” and “Dance Magazine” and collectively with her husband, has performed, taught, and adjudicated in over 20 countries worldwide. “Hollywood’s favorite tap duo.” -Dance Spirit Magazine “They are modern Tap revolutionaries.” -World of Dance “Hollywood, it seems, is their oyster.” -Dance Magazine

Moving bodies while moving souls, Kira immersed myself into the dance culture twenty-eight years ago. Studying relentlessly, I moved through Dance Connection Scottsdale, Ballet Arizona, Ballet Etudes, Edge Performing arts California and Millennium Dance Center mastering all styles and movement as well as incorporating a fierce history in theater arts. Professionally, dance led her to the Phoenix Suns Dance Team, Royal Caribbean Broadway Revue, Superbowl XXX, Miss Dance of Arizona, Ballet Arizona’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and various Industrials. Her performance credits also include a back-up dancer for Ricky Martin’s, “She Bangs”, MTV’s “N-Synce Reunion Special,” “Broadway Review”, model/dancer for Matrix Hair, and local commercials for Toyota and Fiat. However, Kira’s true passion has always been teaching and choreography. Currently, she is one of the most sought after Master Dance Teachers in Arizona who is currently teaching and choreographing for some of the industry’s top dance students.

Kelly Fulton grew up training in the Midwest. She has traveled to Italy and Spain as a featured member of The American Dance Company, helping to win “The World Dance Championships” two years consecutively. Kelly also performed in Canada and Australia, representing the USA as Rainbow Dance Competition’s “Dancer of the Year” in the “Battle of the Countries”. Fulton has performed in choreography showcases at The Duke Theater in New York City as well as The El Portal Theater in Los Angeles. Currently, she spends her time traveling to studios and dance teams nationwide choreographing, training, and teaching masterclasses. Most recently, she received the title of “2017 Choreographer of the Year” from VIP Dance Competition. She is an adjudicator for Hall of Fame Dance Challenge and is on staff as an instructor for Tribe Dance Convention, Breathe the Intensive, and KAR Dance Convention. Kelly’s passion remains in the classroom, where she dedicates herself to inspiring the next generation of young artists. Her students have gained acceptance into prestigious dance programs at universities across the country and can be seen working professionally in Hollywood.

Melissa Ruiz was born and raised in Miami, FL where she began dancing at the age of 4 and continued her training in Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop and Modern throughout her school years. Later moving to Orlando, Fl brought her many opportunities in the dance industry performing for local recording artists, MTV, Nickelodeon Studios, McDonalds, Miller Beer and Surf Expo. In addition, she has choreographed for NBA’s Orlando Magic Dancers, Orlando Predators, FSU's Golden Girls, along with countless dance studios, high school and college dance teams throughout the country. She currently teaches and choreographs Hip Hop, Jazz and Contemporary along with directing 5 Hip Hop competition teams in the Central Florida area. Melissa is now owner/creator of Underground Dance Xperience and continues her determination to bring more opportunities to the Florida dance community.

Andrea Woodward is the owner of Hermitage Dance Academy in Nashville, Tennessee, where she has been training, inspiring, and educating dancers since 1997. Andrea is certified by Dance Masters of America and holds a B.S. degree from Cumberland University. Along with her dance training and certifications, Andrea is also licensed in Strong Nation Fitness, Zumba, and Zumba Toning.

Andrea has won countless awards for her stylistic and emotional choreography, as well as her students’ technical ability. In 2014 she was nominated for Choreographer of the Year at the Industry Dance Awards. She has also won Teacher of the Year and Choreographer of the Year numerous times over the years at Kids Artistic Revue Nationals. Andrea has been on KAR Dance Convention’s faculty since 2011.

Along with teaching in the studio and on the convention circuit, Andrea continues to choreograph for a variety of events, including awards shows such as the Nashville Women Who Rock Awards, in which she was also the recipient of the “Inspiring Arts” award. She has also served as the choreographer for the Opening Number for several National Finals events. Some of her student success highlights include dancers on So You Think You Can Dance, convention tour faculty, NBA dance teams, recording artists and more. Andrea is passionate not only about teaching, but also the business side of studio ownership and sharing what she’s learned with the dance community. 

Andrea hopes to bring a challenge and fresh perspective to every student, allowing them to leave behind their image of perfection and dive deeper into their artistry.