John Manzari is an Ovation Award and Helen Hayes Award nominated dancer, singer, choreographer, and teacher.

Stage credits include the Broadway revival of Funny Girl; TUTS’ White Christmas; MUNY’s Anything Goes; Encores! The Tap Dance Kid; Off Broadway’s Maurice Hines: Tappin’ Thru Life; Caleb Teicher’s Bzzz; Bessie Award winning production Chasing Magic; 42ND Street; The Wiz is 40: A Celebration in Dance and Music; and Sophisticated Ladies.

Television credits include Law & Order SVU; the PBS specials Black Broadway: A Proud History, A Limitless Future; Rooted; The Kennedy Center at 50; and Michael Feinstein at the Rainbow Room; Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade; Good Morning America; The View; The Jerry Lewis Telethon; and So You Think You Can Dance.

Concerts include one man shows RECENTER and The First Set; guest appearances with symphonies across North America i.e. New York, Edmonton, Seattle, Houston, and DC (National & American) and bands such as The Hot Sardines; Fall for Dance; Canada’s Fall for Dance North; Amelia Island Dance Festival; and Gold Coast Dance Festival. John can be seen in the documentary about his mentor Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back. Film credits include I Get Knocked Down and the award winning short films To: Everything I Love, Slip, and Leonard Soloway’s Broadway. His short film – Ghost – was an official selection for Fall for Dance North’s 8-Count Short Film Festival 2024.

Lacey Mae Schwimmer (born June 28, 1988) is an American ballroom dancer and singer. She is best known as a contestant of the third season of So You Think You Can Dance who placed fourth. She is the daughter of noted dancer Buddy Schwimmer, as well as the cousin of Heidi Groskreutz, who placed fourth on the second season of So You Think You Can Dance and younger sister of Benji Schwimmer, the winner of the show’s second season. She participated in the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars as a professional dancer paired with Lance Bass of ‘N Sync, in the eighth season of the show paired with Jackass star Steve-O and in the ninth season paired with actor and Iron Chef America host Mark Dacascos. Schwimmer returned to Dancing with the Stars for its eleventh season and she was partnered with Disney Channel star Kyle Massey and in the 12th season, paired with radio host Mike Catherwood. In the thirteenth season, she was paired with transgender activist Chaz Bono. Schwimmer did not return for season 14 of Dancing With The Stars.^[2]

Schwimmer competes in West Coast Swing and International Latin dance styles.^[3] She made an appearance in Jon Chu and Adam Sevani‘s “Biggest Online Dance Battle” against M&M Cru and was credited as a member of America’s Best Dance Crew with Hok, another So You Think You Can Dance competitor. She’s made television appearances on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Good Morning America, and Jimmy Kimmel Live!. In 2008 she danced alongside Adam Sandler at the MTV Movie Awards 2008. She then appeared in the video of the song Rainbow, by Elisa^[4] with singer songwriter Vinnie Ferra.

She is a part of the iHollywood Dance faculty teaching master classes in the United States and Norway. Schwimmer also has her own line of tube socks as well as a dance wear line designed by Sugar and Bruno Dancewear collection.^[5]

Schwimmer’s debut single, “Love Soundz”, was released June 21, 2011

Arleen Hurtado grew up in Southern California. Early in life, she began playing the drums and trained in ballet, jazz and tap.  As a child, she discovered flamenco on a trip to Spain, which appealed to her passion for both dance and percussion. Arleen pursued her study of flamenco in Seville and Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, New Mexico, New York and California with world-renowned artists.

For the last 18 years, she has performed throughout the world including several tours in the United States at venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York, Red Rocks in Denver and the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. Internationally she has toured and performed in United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Spain, Italy, Croatia, China, and India.  Arleen has been featured in music videos, commercials, television, and print.  Based in Los Angeles, she teaches weekly flamenco dance classes and continues to perform and tour.