Sterling Masters (Musical Theater) is currently performing in the Broadway Company of WICKED as the Witch’s Mother and featured dancer, and has toured with five Broadway shows including WICKED (Dance Captain/Witch’s Mother), A CHORUS LINE (1st National, Original Cast), JOSEPH…DREAMCOAT (Dance Captain), THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (Dance Captain), and FOSSE! Before dancing professionally she trained at JMSD in Charlotte, NC under the direction of her mother, as well as programs at North Carolina School of the Arts, American Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet School, Kirov Academy of Ballet, and Ann Reinking’s Broadway Theatre Project. Sterling is so excited to be back home teaching at JMSD this summer! Get ready to learn audition combinations straight from Broadway auditions in NYC!

Gina Dilello (Hip Hop) received her Associates in Arts from Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC). In 2011 Gina attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where she performed for four semesters and had the honor of dancing with the Martha Graham Company and Urban Bush Women. Gina was also a member of the UNC-Charlotte dance team, The GoldDusters where she performed and participated in various charity events. Gina graduated in December of 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance. Gina was also a checkmate for the Charlotte Checkers in 2014.

 Nicole Smith (Jazz/Acrobatics) received a BCA in Dance from UNC-Charlotte. She was captain of the cheerleading team and performed with the Charlotte Dance Ensemble. She was an NBA and NFL cheerleader for 8 years and was a Pro-Bowl Cheerleader. She was the choreographer of the TopCats for 9 seasons. Nicole was a member of USA Gymnastics and has been teaching dance and acrobatics for 26 years.

​Samantha Parker (Contemporary/Lyrical) has been dancing since she was able to walk, beginning her official dance training with Showcase Dance Centre at 18 months old. She continued to study ballet, tap and jazz, until being promoted to the competition team at the age of twelve. From that point, she expanded her style repertoire to include lyrical, contemporary, modern and hip-hop. She auditioned for North Carolina Dance Theatre’s 2009 Summer Intensive. Upon concluding six weeks in this training program, Samantha auditioned for North Carolina Dance Theatre’s Ballet 3 level, and studied there until the age of seventeen. Samantha is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude, with a Bachelor of Art in Dance. If Samantha has learned anything through her experience as a dancer and her studies at UNCC, it’s the value of students understanding their anatomical structure and being taught to approach ballet, as well as other dances forms with an injury prevention methodology.