Board Members
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Britt Stewart, a Colorado native, is an artist, educator, choreographer, dance arts supporter and advocate. Britt’s career spans many years of training and performances across film, tv and live performances including worldwide tours. She got her start in the entrainment industry as a principal dancer in all three of Disney’s original High School Musical movies. Some of her other movie credits include the remake of Fame, No Strings Attached, and Disney Channel’s Teen Beach Movie. Her performance credits expanded into television with prime time Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, ABC’s The Little Mermaid Live, and BET’s Hit The Floor. She has danced behind recording artists like Janet Jackson, the Jonas Brothers, Bebe Rexha, Demi Lovato, Rihanna, and was one of Katy Perry’s back-up dancers for three years on her Prismatic World Tour and Super Bowl halftime performance. She was recently promoted to a Pro on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars as the First Black Female Pro in 29 seasons, making history after five seasons as a Troupe member and performing in 2 of DWTS Live Tours. Britt has been a dance educator in many different platforms nationally. She specializes in Jazz, Commercial Latin Ballroom and preparing aspiring dancers for a career in commercial dance. Having worked for a number of years as an Associate Choreographer for Kenny Ortega, Chase Benz, Tony Testa, Will Loftis and many others, her current work as Lead Choreographer can be seen on the series finale of How To Get Away With Murder, the 2020 Dancing With The Stars Live Tour, and Regent Cruise Lines featured shows on their new ship, The Splendor, inaugural launch February 2020.
Her passion on the dance floor is also evident in her outreach and volunteer efforts. Britt previously served on the Programs Committee for American Dance Movement where she focused on expanding opportunities to blend dance programs and special youth initiatives. Britt is dedicated to dance education, maintaining high standards and representation that honors diversity, inclusion and representation.
Brad Bauner
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Treasurer
Brad Bauner has a varied career in arts management and creation. Brad received his bachelor’s degree in musical theatre performance with a minor in theatre management from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL. After college, Brad worked as the Associate General Manager for the smash hit show STOMP for seven years. He also served as the Associate Producer for the Marines Memorial Theatre and Post Street Theatre in San Francisco for five years. Brad was a producer of Burn the Floor on Broadway, the general manager for Travis Wall’s Shaping Sound Dance Company and a producer for Al Blackstone’s Freddie Falls in Love. Brad is a member of the Writers Guild of America West and its LGBTQ+ Writers committee. He was a writer on MTV’s hour-long dramedy series “Underemployed”. Brad is currently developing a live stage show with “La La Land” and “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” choreographer Mandy Moore.
Ashley Lindsey
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Board Member, Community Member and Mentor
Ashley Lindsey is an NYC-based choreographer and educator. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) and is the Director of UNCSA’s Summer Dance program. His professional career began in 2007 when Artistic Director Carla Maxwell invited him to join the Limon Dance Company. He then spent the next six-years touring throughout Europe, Mexico, China, and the US; he later went on to perform with the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, Helen Simoneau Danse, VIA Dance Collaborative, and Zullo/Raw Movement.
His TV and film performing credits include commercials for Target, ESPN, Skype, and Dental Works, as well as music videos for Scott Matthews " I Wanna Dance with Somebody and Asgeir's "King and Cross." He was a principal dancer in the 2019 film "Bolden," staring Gary Carr. Ashley has worked closely with three-time Tony Award winner Hinton Battle as an assistant choreographer for his production of Dance Dreams and as executive director for his dance convention "Danze Off."
As a choreographer, his work spans the gamut from concert to commercial dance projects. In 2012 he founded Ashley Lindsey Dance, a New York-based contemporary dance company. The company has performed in the Reverb International Dance Festival, Pushing Progress Showcase, Capezio ACE Awards, and White Wave International Dance Festival. As an independent choreographer, his work has been commissioned by the Houston Met Too Dance Company, University of North Carolina Greensboro, and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, once in 2012 and, most recently, in 2019. In 2012 he choreographed the Miss North Carolina Pageant televised on the Time Warner network. He has been the movement director for a series of Proctor & Gamble commercials featuring supermodel Miranda Kerr as well for Epic Games' "Fortnite." He was also part of the creative team for the Royal Family production play, " No Body Suspects a Butterfly," starring Anthony Rapp. He has choreographed, directed and produced four short films, “Drilling Holes Into the Sun,” “Pantsuit Power North Carolina,” “Salvage What You Can,” and "Triune."
Ashley is a sought after guest teacher who has a passion for teaching all ages and abilities, from dance studios to conventions and universities. As an educator, he has taught for UNCSA, Elon University, Duke University, Joffrey Ballet School, Steps on Broadway, Kanyok Arts Initiative, and The Limon Dance Foundation. Internationally he has taught master classes and workshops in Japan, Mexico, Bermuda, and Italy.
Akira Uchida
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Board Member
Akira Uchida is a Canadian dancer, choreographer, creative director and teacher, originally from Ottawa. Akira’s television credits include Canada’s Got Talent, Degrassi, The Strain, Over the Rainbow and Canada’s Smartest Person. He has presented work at the Capezio Ace Awards, Battery Dance Festival, Boulder Dance Film Festival and created work for the Joffrey Ballet School. He has also choreographed music videos for artists such as Lights, Ria Mae and Tyler Shaw. Akira is currently a faculty member as a contemporary teacher on JUMP Dance Convention, for which he travels across North America making his influence on the upcoming generation of dancers with his progressive teaching style. Now based in NYC, Akira continues to train, research and perform with the intention to constantly grow and develop his craft.
Brittany Aubain
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Social Media Volunteer
Pam Chu
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Secretary
Pam Chu is a Dancer, Choreographer, Dance Teacher, TV producer and Live Stage producer who has worked professionally in Los Angeles for the past 20 years. Originally from WI, she received her BA in Dance from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA. Throughout her career she’s had the opportunity to work for such companies as Disney, Cirque du Soleil and Radio City Rockettes. She’s been seen on numerous television programs, live stage shows, in the film La La Land and dancing with Britney Spears in her Las Vegas residency show ‘Piece of Me’. She’s performed with such artists as The Rolling Stones, Jennifer Lopez, Demi Lovato, Florence and the Machine, Will Smith, Hugh Jackman and Katy Perry. Pam’s love for performing brought her to producing where her credits include Supervising Producer Disney Fam Jam, Associate Creative Producer NBC's Bring the Funny, Associate Creative Director Ciara 'Beauty Marks' Tour, Associate Creative Director J Balvin Spotify Awards Feat. Black Eyed Peas, Creative Associate New Kids on the Block 'Mix Tape Tour', and Associate Creative Director Latin Grammy Awards. Other credits include Associate Director Maks Val Peta Confidential Tour, Associate Director Dancing with the Stars 'A Night to Remember' Tour 2019, Co- Choreographer for Little Mermaid Live at the Hollywood Bowl, Co- Choreographer for Beauty and the Beast at the Hollywood Bowl, and Assistant Choreographer Dancing with the Stars Season 27.
Nikole Vallins
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Media Relations and Fundraising Director
Nikole Vallins is a Creative Producer at Faculty Productions, the company behind the touring immersive experience, Happy Place, and the national tours of Dancing With The Stars and So You Think You Can Dance. She’s thrilled to be a founding board member of Share The Movement. As a Producer of Live Entertainment and Experiential Entertainment Events, she has played an integral role in the creation and success of Broadway and off-Broadway shows, National Tours and the largest Dance Festival in the United States. Nikole has had the honor of producing work for Award Winning Choreographers such as Al Blackstone (Freddie Falls in Love at the Joyce Theater), Travis Wall (several national tours of Shaping Sound) and developmental workshops for Mandy Moore. Prior to producing, Nikole was a casting director in New York working on such theatrical projects as A Chorus Line, White Christmas, Disney’s The Lion King, Finian’s Rainbow, Gypsy (starring Patti Lupone) as well as feature films Hairspray, Dreamgirls and Nine.
Kate Harpootlian
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Executive Director
Kate Harpootlian is a professional dancer, choreographer and contemporary teacher. She started her training at the Columbia City Jazz Dance Company under the direction of Dale Lam. Having performed in numerous countries with CCJC, Kate graduated and moved to New York City. She studied under Jason Parsons, Heather Lang, Anneke Hansen, and Shen Wei Dance Arts. Her work credits include Shaping Sound Dance Company, JLO AMA’s, Carrie Underwood’s “Something in the Water,” Dancing with the Stars, Merce Cunningham’s Inlets II, Boardwalk Empire, Ellen, SYTYCD Season 12, Billy Bell’s Lunge Dance Collective, the Unbrunch, works by Jason Parsons, and In The Heights.
In 2016 she was the runner up at the Capezio Ace awards for choreography and was given the opportunity to premiere her work “Better Late Than Never” at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center, which was later brought to Jacob’s Pillow’s Inside Out Festival. Her choreography credits include Insitu Site Specific Festival, Houston Metropolitan Dance Company, Martha Graham Next Wave Festival, Steps Performance Lab, Lindenwood University, John Hopkins Peabody Conservatory, as well as assistant choreographer on the Netflix series "Westside" and The Wrong Man at MCC Theatre.
Daniel Gaymon
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Board Member, Community Member and Mentor
Daniel began dancing at the age of 9 at the Columbia City Jazz Dance School & Company. Since beginning his professional career, he has gone from performing company work such as Rasta Thomas’ "Bad Boys of Dance” and the Travis Wall led company “Shaping Sound” to performing on stage in musical theatre shows such as the Broadway revival of “Cats”, the national tour of “Hamilton” and back to Broadway in Disney’s “The Lion King.” His credits also include performing in Carrie Underwood’s “Something In the Water,” Sara Bareilles’s “Fire,” and the film “La La Land."
Chantelle Good
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