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Students in the Industry



Students of Janet Nordgren-Taddie
who are working in the industry:


Kelsey Aper - Dancer
Golden State Warrior's Junior Jam Hip-Hop Squad; Currently performing with RUGGED Contemporary Dance Company

Michelle Brogan - Ensemble
National Touring Company of "42nd Street"

Janel Tomblin Brown - Dancer
Royal Viking Cruise Line; Disneyland; Visual Rhythm Dance Company; Currently Head of the Dance Department at Ohlone College in Fremont

Robert Cisneros - Dancer
Dancer with Smuin Ballet San Francisco; awarded the "Kid's Choice Award 2001" for Outstanding Work in Live Theatre; Currently a principal dancer with Sacramento Ballet

Tanya Riquelme Decoite - Dancer
Royal Viking Cruise Line; Golden State Warrior Girl; MBA All Star Show with Dana Carvey; Currently performing with Visual Rhythm Dance Company

Soolin Deitchman Gray - Dancer
Royal Viking Cruise Line; Currently performing in "American Superstars" at the Stratosphere Hotel in Las Vegas

Julian DeGuzman - Dancer
Currently in his senior year at University of California, Irvine - majoring in dance; Chosen to represent UCI and received a full scholarship to the American Dance Festival in Durham North Carolina. Based on his performance at the American Dance Festival, offered a position with the DCDC Dance Company touring the US; Newest member of Team Millennia from America's Best Dance Crew
Robyn DeGuzman - Ensemble
Arizona Broadway's "Annie Get your Gun", "Guys and Dolls", and "Miss Saigon"; Currently in rehearsal for the national touring company of "Beauty and the Beast"

Shana Doucet - Dancer
Buffalo Jills - New York Buffalo Bill's Professional Cheerleading Squad

Camille Dyquiangco - Dancer
Golden State Warrior's Junior Jam Hip-Hop Squad

Monique Dyguianago - Dancer
Currently Dance Captain for Golden State Warrior's Junior Jam Hip-Hop Squad; Currently a member of the UC Davis Dance Team

Meredith Flythe - Dancer
Disneyland; Marriott's Great America

Sarah French Holcomb - Dancer
Royal Caribbean Cruise Line

Sarah Green - Dancer
Golden State Warrior's Junior Jam Hip-Hop Squad

Jacqueline Hatton - Dancer
Golden State Warrior's Junior Jam Squad

Kari Hariyama - Dancer
Disney Cruise Lines; Currently dancing in Disneyland

Melissa Horn-Kessler - Dancer
Golden State Warrior Girl; NBA Tour to China; Townsend MTV Video

Tess Kaady - Dancer
Golden State Warrior's Junior Jam Hip-Hop Squad

Heather Klobukowski - Dancer
Currently in her junior year at San Jose State University, BFA major in dance; Performing as a member of the San Jose State Modern Dance Company; Accepted into the Fordham Ailey Certificate Program in NY

Sara Charleston-King - Dancer
Currently Dance Captain with Visual Rhythm Dance Company

Ethan Kirschbaum - Dancer
Sante Fe Opera Company; Currently dancing with Hubbard Street II in Chicago touring the U.S. and Europe

Cyrina Ligh-Henderson - Dancer
Oakland Raiderette; Jackie Chan Show, Las Vegas

Shayna McLaughlin - Dancer
Currently Golden State Warrior Girl

Jerry Navarro - Dancer
Various shows in Branson, Missouri; Marriott's Great America;Dance Captain aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Line

Cassie Nordgren - Dancer
Performed and choreographed for Sierra Repertory's Equity Theatre productions of "Hello Dolly", "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and "Paint Your Wagon"; Dance captain and lead in the national tour of "Arthur Live"; Currently dancing onboard Celebrity Cruise Lines

Mariellen Olsen - Dancer
Currently dancing with San Francisco Ballet Company; Named one of the "Top Ten Dancers To Watch" by Dance Magazine

Deanna Ott
Sallie Mitchell Musical Theatre Scholarship recipient - Cal State University Fullerton. Member of the Musical Theatre BFA program at Cal State Fullerton

Katie Ringland - Dancer
Danced the role of "Bluebird" in Disney's "Snow White Show" at Disneyland; Dancer abroad Disney Cruise Line; Currently dancing with Seattle Opera Company

Andrea Rose - Dancer
Various shows in Atlantic City and Las Vegas; currently Dance Captain for "Legends" show at Harrah's, Las Vegas

Jordan Shilling - Dancer
Golden State Warrior's Junior Jam Hip-Hop Squad; Currently a member of the UC Davis Dance Team

Samantha Siegel - Dancer
Golden State Warrior's Junior Jam Hip-Hop Squad; 2007 Recipient of the Beach Blanket Babylon's $10,000 College Scholarship for Dance; Currently attending NYU Tish School as one of five transfer students for the 2008/09 school year accepted into the dance program from auditions throughout the U.S.

Kelly Souza-Ellis - Dancer
Teacher with UDA Dance Camps throughout the state of California

Kristi Tye - Dancer
Golden State Warrior Girl; NBA Tour to China

Jennifer Yee - Dancer
Dancer and Director of "Culture Shock" Hip-Hop team Los Angeles; Dancer with "Culture Shock" Hip-Hop team, New York and director of "Future Shock" Teen Hi-Hop Team, New York

Tasha Ynzunza - Dancer
"Pocahontas" in the opening celebration of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" on Broadway in New York; Disneyland; Television commercials for "Sprite"; Currently the "Nike" girl for "Nike" print ads

Vanessa Yurong - Dancer
Golden State Warrior's Junior Jam Hip-Hop Squad

Holly Vonk - Performer
"Snow White" in Steve Silver's "Beach Blanket Babylon" in San Francisco and Las Vegas; Featured performer on the Academy Awards

Gia Solari-Welch - Ensemble
Various shows at American Musical Theater, San Jose; Dance Teacher at College of Notre Dame; currently Dance Captain for the National Touring Company of "Evita"; Associate Artistic Director of American Musical Theatre Co., San Jose, CA; Currently choreographing shows throughout the state of CA and a member of the faculty in the theatre department at Cal State East Bay, Hayward



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