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Dance Choreographers
Amber Ford She began dancing and teaching in January of 2003 at the Dance Gallery. Amber is the choreographer for Elliot Productions. She is experienced in theatre/musical theatre, cheerleading/ dance, hip hop, ballet, tap, and some break dancing. Amber Ford currently teaches at The Centre in Dallas. She has worked with many choreographers and is the only female member of hip hop/bboy crew Tigerstyle.
Jayson Wright Jayson has been a choreographer/dancer for over 20 years. He worked with Elton John, Pink, Marques Houston, Justin Timberlake, Tweet, Donnell Jones, and Jay Z. He was on MTV Video Awards, The Tonight Show starring Jay Leno, and Nickelodeon’s Teen Choice Awards. He also has commercials that she appeared on like: Sprite, Sony, and Bacardi.
Napoleon and Tabitha D’Umo They are husband and wife also known as the Nappytabs. They began in Las Vegas directing and choreographing shows for casino and companies like NIKE, Redken, Levi’s, MAC, an Matrix. They worked with Beyonce, Missy Elliot, Bubba Sparxx, Sisqo, Toni Braxton, Monica, Timberland, Destiny Child, Justin Timberlake, B2K, Christina Aguilera, Ricky Martin, and Celine Dion. The couple host their own reality tv show “Rock the Reception” on TLC. They have also been judges and choreographers on “So You Think You Can Dance” since season 4.
Wade Jeremy William Robson Wade is an Australian dance prodigy, director, producer, songwriter, and award-winning choreographer. He is the executive producer, choreographer, and host of The Wade Robson Project that aired in 2003 on MTV. He joined So You Think You Dance in 2007 as a judge and choreographer. His older brother and older sister are also dancers and choreographers. He received his first job at the age of fourteen which led to him working with Britney Spears. Wade also worked NSYNC in

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